The inventor’s handmade tools are now museum artifacts.

The rocket first using this system was successfully launched on 30 December 1930 and reached a height of 2,000 feet. A similar although more complex arrangement was used in the German V-2 rocket of ...

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Find out about the main events that have taken place on this day over the years.

The Falcon 1 made history on September 28, 2008 by becoming the "first privately developed liquid fuel rocket to reach Earth orbit," according to SpaceX. Hear from the team that made it happen ...

TANEGASHIMA, Kagoshima (Kyodo) -- Japan successfully launched its 50th and final H2A liquid-fuel rocket from a southwestern Japan island on Sunday, drawing the curtain on the series' 24-year ...

The two-stage, liquid-fuel rocket was developed by the predecessor of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA. Its first unit was launched in 2001.

TANEGASHIMA (Japan), June 29 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Japan successfully launched its 50th and final H2A liquid-fuel rocket from a southwestern Japanese island on Sunday (June 29), drawing the curtain ...

Some of the UK’s brightest young engineers have gathered at the historic site of Britain’s Cold War rocket programme for the climax of the world’s biggest student rocket firing competition.

The tests will take place on repurposed Cold War-era test stands, now fully modernised to support live liquid-fuel rocket engine firings. Race2Space is addressing two urgent challenges threatening the ...