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 ...

The electric solar wind sail is a propulsion system that uses the solar wind proton flow as a source of momentum for spacecraft thrust. The momentum of the solar wind is transferred to the spacecraft ...

A new system called the EmDrive, a way of using electricity to generate thrust without the need for fuel, is one of those ideas that will generate a lot of heat and noise, but probably not a lot of ...

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 ...

India’s first indigenously designed and developed high-thrust cryogenic rocket engine generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes was successfully endurance hot tested for a duration of 800 seconds on ...

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 ...

The author has no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, that would bias him in any way with regards to this work. You know, it’s odd being a rocket scientist. The people you meet ...

NEW DELHI: Controlling dangerously high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, making synthetic cells to build eco-friendly hydrogen fuel and addressing legal issues on genomics are the thrust ...

What happens when aircraft operate in snowy conditions?

I usually approach papers on the subject of alternative thrusters with a certain degree of cynicism. But we’ve finally been given a study on microwave thrusters that doesn’t rely on impossible physics ...

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 ...