A Colorado-based company has conducted successful static fires for a new extended range variant of the solid rocket motor. Incorporated with Ursa Major’s Highly Loaded Grain propellant technology, the ...

China has test fired a huge new solid rocket motor, creating more propulsion options for the country’s growing space activities.

Satellite photos show Russia is expanding its solid-propellant motor production facilities, which will in turn strengthen its missile production abilities, according to the International Institute ...

Electric solid propellants are being explored as a safer option for pyrotechnics, mining, and in-space propulsion because they only ignite with an electric current. But because all of these ...

This is a mandrel around which solid propellants for rocket motors are formed. It was used for this purpose by the Atlantic Research Corporation (ARC). Founded shortly after World War II, ARC became a ...

The Chinese company Galactic Energy sent four satellites into orbit today (May 19) on the fifth sea launch of its Ceres-1 solid rocket.

A solid-propellant booster like those that will help launch NASA's new Space Launch System moon rocket was test fired at Northrop Grumman's Promontory, Utah, facility Wednesday.

A larger solid-propellant motor further bolsters Iran’s long-range strike ambitions by enabling the element of surprise.

The biggest excitement in the missile-preoccupied Pentagon is the rapid progress of solid-propellant rockets. Not only the solid fuels have been improved. So have the engines that were once full of ...

He said solid propellants are easier to handle and require much less rocket launch times, though they have weaker thrust forces than high-quality liquid propellants.

This is a mandrel around which solid propellants for rocket motors are formed. It was used for this purpose by the Atlantic Research Corporation (ARC) to manufacture the Marc 7 family of motors.