Computers traditionally excel at rocketry, so why do new artificial intelligence programs get it wrong? We asked the new AI to do some simple rocket science. It crashed and burned Tiera Fletcher ...

When building a model rocket, it can be fun to get into the maths of it all—calculating the expected performance of your build, and then seeing how it measures up in the real world. To aid in that ...

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Engineers are set to test a device that could pull defunct spacecraft and used rocket parts back to Earth, allowing them to burn up harmlessly in the atmosphere. Researchers at Purdue University in ...

A private aerospace company is preparing for the ultimate stunt in rocketry: attempting to catch a rocket mid-air as it returns to Earth from space using a large helicopter. The mission is scheduled ...

Computers have been used in rocketry for half-a-century, so it's possible to think that the new AI programs could help. They struggled to grasp the basics. (NPR staff generated imagery using ...

Tiera Fletcher carefully read through an artificial intelligence chatbot's attempt at rocket science. "That's true, that's factual," she said thoughtfully as she scanned the AI-generated description ...