This post-Saturn Nova would have been much larger than the vehicle that powered the Apollo program, with eight F-1 engines pushing the rocket up in the sky, and the spacecraft on top of it to its ...

The company intends for the two-stage Nova rocket to be fully reusable, with both stages returning to Earth. To achieve a vertical landing, the second stage has a novel design.

The company continues to make technical progress, Lapsa said. A few weeks ago, Stoke successfully tested the Nova rocket's main engine, Zenith, in a vertical position.

The design is based on the Andromeda 1, ... The two stages of the Nova rocket will be connected by means of a new interface that allows the heat shield of the Andromeda 2 to protect stage one as ...

Stoke Space is developing its Nova rocket at its headquarters and at its test facility in Moses Lake, Wash., and is targeting 2025 for its first orbital test launch.

One could argue aerospace design is a form of sculpture; it's about balance, proportion, elegance in function. When students ...