Peter Beck, founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, doesn't drink coffee, keeps bits of old rockets on his desk, and tries to make it home for family dinner.

Rocket propellant has barely changed in the more than 50years since the launch of the first artificial satellite Sputnik. But a new mixtureof nano-aluminum powder and frozen water could make ...

At just 23 years old, Wade is already an aerospace engineer, a state representative for New Hampshire, and a powerful voice in politics.