While the fate of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket hangs in the balance, the agency is pushing ahead with tests of new ...

NASA followed last week's low-key engine test with the test-firing of a solid-fueled booster at Northrop Grumman's rocket ...

The nozzle liberated energetically from the motor around 10 seconds before the burn ended, and there appeared to be some ...

When it comes to moving around, most things rely on pushing against the ground or the air or the water, so how do rockets do ...

That apart, SpaceX team also found an issue with the Thrust Vector Control (TVC) systems in the fifth engine in the booster. The first stage booster has nine engines. "Leaks in a liquid propulsion ...

CAPE CANAVERAL (FLORIDA): SpaceX early Wednesday morning called off the Axiom-4 launch owing to a snag it has been unable to fix in the Falcon-9 rocket ... In addition, a thrust vector control issue ...

In addition, a thrust vector control issue with engine five was also identified. The affected components have since been replaced, and all work is expected to be completed by the evening before ...

All eyes will be in the sky tomorrow as the rocket carrying Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, and a billion Indian hopes, lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday. Group ...

This field propels the particles out of the engine, giving the plasma a directed motion that produces thrust. This approach has a power output of about 300 kW, allowing for unprecedented speeds.

There is a thrust vector control (TVC) system that gimbals, or pivots, each engine, and there are two actuators that generate the forces to gimbal each engine.

What we’re actually witnessing here is a wonderful example of the nozzles’ Thrust Vector Control (TVC) mechanism, a technique used in rocketry and aerospace engineering to steer a rocket or ...