What happens to soft matter when gravity disappears? To answer this, UvA physicists launched a fluid dynamics experiment on a sounding rocket. The suborbital rocket reached an altitude of 267 km ...

Hello parents, teachers and students! If you’re looking for a fun way to explore literal rocket science, this experiment is for you. Be sure to check out GMSA@9 on Wednesdays when Meteorologist Sarah ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields — formally called thermal protection systems — are ...

In this video I show you how I turn a simple match, foil, and a paper clip into a tiny rocket you can launch across the room. I walk step by step through building the foil tube, loading the match head ...

Could the night sky itself be used as a lab for one of the Earth’s most elusive atmospheric enigmas? NASA is trying an unconventional triple-rocket launch Monday night from its Wallops Flight Facility ...

Using supersonic shockwaves for combustion, the groundbreaking design could allow aircraft to travel up to six times the speed of sound. Reading time 4 minutes Venus Aerospace is a winner of the 2025 ...