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J-2X engine continues to set standards

(Phys.org) -- Testing of the next-generation J-2X rocket engine continues to set standards. Last fall, the engine attained 100 percent power in just its fourth test and became the fastest U.S. rocket engine ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Key facts about SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies is the first private company to attempt to send its own cargo capsule to the International Space Station and back.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

French team demonstrates paramagnetic properties of liquid oxygen drops

(Phys.org) -- A team of French scientists studying the properties of Leidenfrost drops has found that liquid oxygen drops can be manipulated and controlled using a magnetic field at room temperature. They describe their work ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Image: The shake, rattle and roar of the J-2X engine

(Phys.org) -- The shake, rattle and roar lasted just seven seconds, but the short J-2X test conducted May 16 at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi moved the space agency ever closer to ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Swatch mulling car that runs on hydrogen, oxygen

The world's biggest watch company Swatch is looking at building a car that runs on hydrogen and oxygen, its chief executive and chairman Nick Hayek said in an interview published Sunday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Far-out photosynthesis

Photosynthesis maintains Earth's habitability for life as we know it, and shapes the way we search for habitable worlds around distant stars. Scientists have discovered a microbe that can use low-energy light ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Acidic Europa may eat away at chances for life

The ocean underneath the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa could be too acid to support life, due to compounds that may regularly migrate downward from its surface, researchers find.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

NASA's J-2X engine kicks off 2012 with powerpack testing

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new series of tests on the engine that will help carry humans to deep space will begin next week at NASA's Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. The tests on the J-2X engine bring ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA ready to test upgraded J-2X powerpack

(PhysOrg.com) -- For engineers working on the J-2X engine program, installation of the upgraded J-2X powerpack on the A-1 Test Stand on Dec. 5 had to feel like a long-awaited holiday gift.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Earth's outer core deprived of oxygen: study

The composition of the Earth's core remains a mystery. Scientists know that the liquid outer core consists mainly of iron, but it is believed that small amounts of some other elements are present as well. Oxygen ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

NASA's new upper stage engine passes major test

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA conducted a successful 500-second test firing of the J-2X rocket engine on Wednesday, Nov. 9, marking another important step in development of an upper stage for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS). ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Europe sets sights again on Soyuz launch

Engineers were eyeing a second bid at the historic launch of a Soyuz rocket from Europe's space base in South America after a countdown was scrubbed by a refuelling hitch.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA tests deep space J-2X rocket engine

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA conducted a 40-second test of the J-2X rocket engine Sept. 28, the most recent in a series of tests of the next-generation engine selected as part of the Space Launch System architecture ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Students building rocket for moon vehicle

Purdue University students are designing and building a rocket engine that might be used in a vehicle to land on the moon.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Upper stage engine ready for testing at NASA's Stennis Space Center

NASA's new J-2X rocket engine, which could power the upper stage of the nation's future heavy-lift launch vehicle, is ready for its first round of testing. The fully assembled engine was installed Saturday in the A-2 Test ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0