rocket propulsion

  • It Was a Rough Week for Rockets

    It Was a Rough Week for Rockets

    It was an unfortunate week for the rocket industry, with three distinct setbacks occurring and challenging the plans of three different aerospace companies across the globe. U.S.-based Rocket Lab, private Chinese launch provider Galactic Energy, and Europe’s Arianespace all endured face-palming disappointments this week, with two rockets failing outright and one continually unable to get…


  • Latest Design Tweaks Reshape Rocket Lab’s Upcoming Neutron Rocket

    Latest Design Tweaks Reshape Rocket Lab’s Upcoming Neutron Rocket

    California-based Rocket Lab—the company voted most likely to compete with SpaceX—appears to be tinkering with its Neutron blueprints, as new artwork suggests. Founded in 2006, Peter Beck’s Rocket Lab is emerging as one of the more serious competitors to Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The company’s light-lift Electron rocket is currently performing routine flights to low Earth…