On today’s episode of “For Science!” we explore the concepts of Thrust, Lift, and Drag by conducting the ring airplane experiment. Cut the paper into 1 inch strips. Using two strips, tape them ...

Latest entry in the VTOL (Vertical take-off and landing) competition is the Bell X-14, which achieves vertical flight in a horizontal flying attitude by means of a Venetian blind. The X-14 has two ...

IT should be impossible, but a prototype space engine appears to produce energy from nothing — and it just passed a big test. The reactionless thruster was met with a surge of excitement — and ...

The new main engine to power Europes successor to its Ariane 5 space launcher was brought a step closer today when ESA signed a 60 million contract with a propulsion consortium at the Paris Air & ...

Since 1911, the Collier Trophy has been given yearly, by a committee of U.S. aviation experts, to the man responsible for “the greatest achievement in aviation in America.” Past committees have ...

An aerodynamic tail nozzle designed in Nanjing proves its mettle in a high-subsonic speed drone test In a world first, Chinese researchers have flight-tested new streamlined thrust technology in a ...

Snow and jet engines have a complicated relationship. On one hand, winter operations in many countries, including the US, routinely involve departures in falling snow and sub-zero temperatures. From ...

There’s a good chance you already saw SpaceX’s towering Starship prototype make its impressive twelve kilometer test flight. While the attempt ended with a spectacular fireball, it was still a ...