World Space Week—“Rocket Revolution”, 4–10 October 2026
World Space Week 2026 highlights the rapid progress in rocket technology and its pivotal role in enabling sustainable access to space. This year’s theme, “Rocket Revolution”, invites us to reflect on the challenges and opportunities brought by reusable launchers, lower launch costs, and growing mission frequency.
Selected MDPI journals, including Aerospace, Applied Sciences, Computation, Energies, Sensors, Signals, and Symmetry, provide key platforms for advancing global dialogue on space research. Through a curation of articles, Special Issues and reprints, these journals explore topics such as launch vehicle design and propulsion, and spacecraft sensing and control, fostering collaboration among scientists, engineers, and institutions worldwide.
World Space Week underscores the importance of rocket innovation and our shared responsibility to develop and apply launch technologies responsibly for a bright and sustainable future.
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“Embedded Wireless Flexible Sensor for Monitoring Interface Stress of Solid Rocket Motor”
by Bei Yan , Xiaozhou Lü, Kecai Ding, Yipeng Heng and Yong Li
Sensors 2026, 26(9), 2807; https://doi.org/10.3390/s26092807
“Sustainable Aviation Fuels: A Review of Current Techno Economic Viability and Life Cycle Impacts”
by Md Nasir Uddin and Feng Wang
Energies 2025, 18(20), 5510; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18205510
“Fuzzy Lyapunov-Based Gain-Scheduled Control for Mars Entry Vehicles: A Computational Framework for Robust Non-Linear Trajectory Stabilization”
by Hongyang Zhang, Na Min and Shengkun Xie
Computation 2025, 13(9), 205; https://doi.org/10.3390/computation13090205
“Sustainable Aviation Fuels: A Comprehensive Review of Production Pathways, Environmental Impacts, Lifecycle Assessment, and Certification Frameworks”
by Weronika Klimczyk, Remigiusz Jasiński, Jakub Niklas, Maciej Siedlecki and Andrzej Ziółkowski
Energies 2025, 18(14), 3705; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18143705
“Cost Effectiveness of Reusable Launch Vehicles Depending on the Payload Capacity”
by Si-Yoon Kang, Min-Seon Jo, Jeong-Yeol Choi and Soo Seok Yang
Aerospace 2025, 12(5), 364; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace12050364
“Reliability Assessment of a Series System with Weibull-Distributed Components Based on Zero-Failure Data”
by Ziang Li, Huimin Fu and Jianchao Guo
Appl. Sci. 2025, 15(5), 2869; https://doi.org/10.3390/app15052869
“RANS Simulations of Advanced Nozzle Performance and Retro-Flow Interactions for Vertical Landing of Reusable Launch Vehicles”
by Giuseppe Scarlatella, Jan Sieder-Katzmann, Martin Propst, Theodor Heutling, Jannis Petersen, Felix Weber, Marco Portolani, Marco Garutti, Daniele Bianchi, Dario Pastrone et al.
Aerospace 2025, 12(2), 124; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace12020124
“Decision-Making Framework for Aviation Safety in Predictive Maintenance Strategies”
by Igor Kabashkin, Roman Fedorov and Vladimir Perekrestov
Appl. Sci. 2025, 15(3), 1626; https://doi.org/10.3390/app15031626
“A Decreasing Horizon Model Predictive Control for Landing Reusable Launch Vehicles”
by Guillermo Zaragoza Prous, Enric Grustan-Gutierrez and Leonard Felicetti
Aerospace 2025, 12(2), 111; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace12020111
“Acoustic Rocket Signatures Collected by Smartphones”
by Sarah K. Popenhagen and Milton A. Garcés
Signals 2025, 6(1), 5; https://doi.org/10.3390/signals6010005
“Minimizing the Environmental Impact of Aircraft Engines with the Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and Hydrogen”
by Łukasz Brodzik, Wojciech Prokopowicz, Bartosz Ciupek and Andrzej Frąckowiak
Energies 2025, 18(3), 472; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18030472
“Comprehensive Review of RF MEMS Switches in Satellite Communications”
by Bingqian Shao, Chengjian Lu, Yinjie Xiang, Feixiong Li and Mingxin Song
Sensors 2024, 24(10), 3135; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24103135
“Space Robot Sensor Noise Amelioration Using Trajectory Shaping”
by Emily Kuck and Timothy Sands
Sensors 2024, 24(2), 666; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24020666
“Symmetry-Breaking-Induced Internal Mixing Enhancement of Droplet Collision”
by Yupeng Leng, Chengming He, Qian Wang, Zhixia He, Nigel Simms and Peng Zhang
Symmetry 2024, 16(1), 47; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym16010047
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“Advanced Signal Processing Technologies: Integrating AI, Future Communications, and Innovative Applications” |
“Human Body Communication and Wireless Sensing for Space and Challenging Environments” |
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“Guidance and Control of Advanced Aerospace Vehicle from Near Space to Orbit” |
“Precise Orbit Determination of the Spacecraft (2nd Edition)” |
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“Aircraft Aerodynamic Design and Analysis” |
“Integrated Computer Technologies in Mechanical Engineering—Synergetic Engineering V” |
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