Rocket engineering is shifting from painstaking machining and welding to a world where engines and tanks emerge from printers ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An ambitious plan to send payloads into space is riding on a 3D-printed rocket. The rocket scheduled to launch from Florida Wednesday looks a lot like others, but at its base ...

Early Sunday morning, SpaceX mission CRS-4 lifted off from Cape Canaveral towards the International Space Station, carrying with it the first 3D printer that will operate in zero gravity. When the ...

Update: The Terran 1 rocket was not launched on 8 March due to an issue involving the temperature of the fuel, and Relativity Space is expected to release a new launch date soon. The first 3D-printed ...

The new M10 engine will power the next generation of Europe's Vega rockets. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A successful firing ...

The volatile nature of space rocket engines means that many early prototypes end up embedded in dirt banks or decorating the tops of any trees that are unfortunate enough to neighbor testing sites.

An almost entirely 3D-printed rocket is ready to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, then head for low Earth orbit. Scheduled for a three-hour launch window that opens at 1 pm Eastern time ...