SpaceX has offered holiday greetings via a spot of synchronized rocket-engine nozzle steering. The quirky 65-second video — which includes the message: “Wishing you a warm holiday season and a lit New ...

Collaborating with material and AM developers, the space agency applied a new aluminum alloy and laser powder directed-energy deposition to produce a large-scale rocket engine nozzle with integral ...

NASA's Reactive Additive Manufacturing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (RAMFIRE) project test-fired a 3D-printed engine ...

In order to be able to carry heavier payloads through deep space, NASA designed a lightweight rocket engine nozzle made of aluminum that can still withstand the heat of launches. NASA recently tested ...

NASA recently built and tested an additively-manufactured—or 3D printed—rocket engine nozzle made of aluminum, making it lighter than conventional nozzles and setting the course for deep space flights ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An overheated ...

RS-68 engine will provide first-stage propulsion for the Delta IV vehicle. With 650,000 pounds of thrust, it is the largest liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen engine in ...

A second-stage rocket nozzle extension would be fixed and is intended to improve performance and reduce costs. Credit: Firefly The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Firefly Aerospace a ...

The RAMFIRE nozzle performs a hot fire test at Marshall's East test area stand 115. The nozzle, made of the novel aluminum alloy 6061-RAM2, experiences huge temperature gradients. As hot gasses ...