LOX/Methane First Claimed by California Launch Team

An industry-academy team from California is claiming what it believes to be the first successful flight of a rocket engine powered by liquid oxygen (LOX) and methane, a combination likely to find wide usage in future human exploration on the Moon and beyond. Developed by Garvey Spacecraft Corp. (GSC...

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