Indeed, we’re mighty impressed by the completeness of the build, which was intended to create a station for charging and launching air-powered water rockets. The process started with a prototype ...

Water rockets are created from plastic bottles, made aerodynamic by nose cones and fins. The rocket is part filled with water, and air is pumped in with a foot pump.

Through its WET (Water-Based Electric Thrusters) Project, the University of Bologna will be developing a new electric thruster for rockets that is propelled by water being turned into plasma ...

Four private spacefarers on a mission known as Fram2 set out to become the first humans to fly in orbit over both Earth's North and South poles.

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin all-female rocket launch is drawing a wave of criticism, as many are questioning not only the financial, but also the environmental cost of the nearly 11-minute flight into ...

When integrated with a little bit of plumbing, they can also be used to provide a large amount of hot water to something like an off-grid home as well. [Little Aussie Rockets] starts off the build ...

Robert Zubrin is best known for his advocacy of the manned exploration of Mars. Zubrin also had a design for interplanetary propulsion called the Nuclear Salt Water Rocket. A nuclear salt-water rocket ...

Practise and challenge your friends! Download the Water bottle Rockets PDF(378 Kb). Adobe Acrobat is required. SAFETY: This rocket uses air pressure to fling a bottle at high speed 20–50 metres.

To get the rocket to work properly, we have to get the right amount of water in the bottle. Not as easy as it sounds. Try experimenting yourself with different volumes of water. Attach one end of ...

NASA projects the water onto and over the launchpad during ignition and liftoff. This not only protects the ground from the rocket's engines it also prevents the sound waves from bouncing off the ...

Winnie Yan, a Form Five student from Chan Shu Kui Memorial School, exhibited a water rocket she made with her team at the fair. Chiu Cheung-ki, director of the Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools ...