Alliant Techsystems has received a $10.4M technology development contract to reduce the risk to develop a non-toxic Liquid Oxygen (LOx)-Liquid Methane rocket engine that could be used on future Crew ...

Alliant Techsystems recently demonstrated a critical capability of its liquid oxygen (LOX)/Methane rocket engine by igniting it in a vacuum chamber. The successful ignition test was designed to ...

The South Korean government has officially begun developing a methane-based space launch vehicle engine with 35-ton thrust, capable of reuse. This marks the first time the country has pursued ...

Perhaps not as visible as similar exploits taking place in North America, the space launching efforts of the European Space Agency (ESA) are perhaps equally as important for the world, as the people ...

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Private space exploration firm SpaceX and the Stennis Space Center have cut the ribbon on an improved rocket engine test stand. US trade deficits are necessary to protect ...

US missile and space propulsion company Aerojet has completed hot-fire testing of a cryogenic oxygen and methane reaction control engine (RCE). The engine is being developed under NASA's propulsion ...

A catalyst using a single or just a few palladium atoms removed 90% of unburned methane from natural gas engine exhaust at low temperatures in a recent study. While more research needs to be done, the ...

image: Today's catalysts for removing unburnt methane from natural gas engine exhaust are either inefficient at low, start-up temperatures or break down at higher operating temperatures. A new ...