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 ...

A small rocket engine above the fuel is ignited, sending hot gasses into the center hole, causing the ALICE fuel to ignite uniformly. "This is essentially the same basic procedure used in the space ...

The ALICE-powered NASA rocket launched in Indiana this month. View 5 Images 1 / 5. 2 / 5. 3 / 5. 4 / 5. Countdown ... the ALICE-powered NASA rocket about to be launched 1300ft above Indiana. 5 / 5.

ALICE isn't the only contender for a cleaner-burning rocket fuel. In the 2000s, NASA and the Air Force have been tinkering with a hybrid fuel based on paraffin wax, which humans have been burning ...

Alice Gorman is a Vice-Chair of the Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activity and a co-author of the Declaration of the Rights of the Moon. In a few weeks’ time, a rocket launched in ...

By Ian Hanson CAIRNS, Australia, May 25. AUSTRALIAN Swimming High Performance Director Greg Hodge today said the “outstanding racing” produced by the Telstra Dolphins at the Cairns Grand Prix ...