News tagged with liquid propellants
With rockets, so many things can and do go wrong
(AP) -- It really is rocket science and it really is hard. North Korea proved that again.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2012 |
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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
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Beaming rockets into space
Space launches have evoked the same image for decades: bright orange flames exploding beneath a rocket as it lifts, hovers and takes off into the sky. But an alternative propulsion system proposed by some ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2011 |
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NASA Glenn tests alternative green rocket engine
An extensive series of tests has been completed on a new rocket engine that will use a non-toxic propellant combination at NASA's Glenn Research Center. The reaction control engine that was tested provides 100 pounds of thrust ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 30, 2010 |
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NASA Moves 'FAST' For Reduced-Gravity Flight Testing Tech Projects
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA selected 17 technology demonstration projects for reduced-gravity aircraft flights to demonstrate whether emerging technologies can perform as expected in the reduced-gravity environment of the moon ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 18, 2010 |
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NASA Spins Manufacturing Technology to Forge New Tank Hardware
Five years ago a group of engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., had the bold idea to manufacture a five-meter diameter fuel tank ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2010 |
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NASA Uses Twin Processes to Develop New Tank Dome Technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has partnered with Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colo., and MT Aerospace in Augsburg, Germany, to successfully manufacture the first full-scale friction stir welded and spun ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Herschel satellite weighed and fuelled
(PhysOrg.com) -- About two weeks ago, Herschel was weighed to record its dry mass before the satellite was fuelled with 256 kg of liquid hydrazine. After switching it on to confirm normal function, engineers ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2009 |
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