A UL and IMR partnership will facilitate the design and development of Ireland's first additive manufactured liquid rocket engine.

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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.

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Relativity Space continues progress toward its first-ever launch attempt bringing its 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket’s nine first-stage engines up to full power for a hot fire test at Cape Canaveral Space ...

You’re exploring for precious metals on the moon but your lander’s engine needs a replacement part and that’s making it a little hard to concentrate. So, you do what anyone would do in the ...

The previously used Rutherford engine passed qualification tests and is set to make history as the first 3D-printed engine to reach space for a second time. Reading time 3 minutes Reusability is the ...

Researchers demonstrated the first fully 3D-printed, droplet-emitting electrospray engine. The low-cost device can be fabricated more quickly than traditional thrusters, potentially from on board a ...

3D printing for rocket engines is making a lot of headlines lately. In the last few weeks, we've told you about Aerojet Rocketdyne building and hot-firing a 3D-printed rocket engine and NASA's ...

New Zealand-based Rocket Lab has built a rocket engine that's not only 3D-printed -- it uses electric motors to drive the turbopumps. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's science ...

Oliver Hitchens receives funding from the University of Surrey. The volatile nature of space rocket engines means that many early prototypes end up embedded in dirt banks or decorating the tops of any ...