Russian scientists claim to have developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could enable travel to Mars in just one to ...

While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey.

In new photos, the X-59 performs afterburner tests at Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, ...

The closed-cycle rocket engine design. Image via Wikipedia The ... It would be twice as big as the NK-33, with five times the thrust of a jumbo jet. The RD-180 was not a slam dunk design, however.

Something catastrophic had to happen for the pilots of a Learjet 55 to lose control so soon after takeoff from Northeast ...

Technically, jet fuel can be used to power a diesel engine — and it was when an expedition ... In other words, don't expect your truck to suddenly be a rocket-like speed demon.

The newly tested engines could power a variety of space projects. China's state-owned main space contractor tested five different rocket engines on one day last week in preparation for future ...

Taking place two years after debuting its full rocket ... Jet used by Virgin Orbit comes from another Branson company, Virgin Atlantic Airways. Source: Planespotters.net Four General Electric CF6 ...

It is a hybrid between a conventional jet engine, and a rocket system powered by liquid oxygen. The system will be reusable, much like an aeroplane, with no need to jettison expensive fuel tanks ...

And systems like the Bell Rocket Belt were actually rocket packs ... had in terms of enough propulsive force in a small form. Jet engines, I mean, they haven't been around that long.

It's the stuff of fantasy: jet fuel making a dieselvehicle tak e off like, well, a jet. But what really happens if you put jet fuel in your diesel's tank?