Solid rocket motors—and the chemicals that fuel them—are a major limitation on America’s missile stockpiles, and one that cannot be solved by additional funding alone. Adversaries like China are ...

Nitrous oxide’s high-speed abilities don’t end with racing cars, as it’s a powerful enough oxidizer to be a practical component of rocket propellant. Since [Markus Bindhammer] is building a hybrid ...

A private Chinese firm has successfully launched the world's largest solid-propellant rocket for a second time. The company, Orienspace, launched the gigantic 30-meter Gravity-1 rocket from a barge in ...