Looking for rocket science in unexpected places
You don't have to leave Australia to be a rocket scientist. In fact, you might not even have to leave your job.
Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2018
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News tagged with rocket engines
Fired up: Rocket engine designed for reusable flights tested
Triggering a massive cloud of vapor and a roar, officials on Monday test fired a rocket engine designed to be part of a reusable spacecraft that can launch into space repeatedly with a quick turnaround time.
Space Exploration
Jul 2, 2018
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Image: Crew Dragon hardware put to the test
SpaceX's Crew Dragon is at NASA's Plum Brook Station in Ohio, to undergo testing in the In-Space Propulsion Facility—the world's only facility capable of testing full-scale upper-stage launch vehicles and rocket engines ...
Space Exploration
Jun 26, 2018
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Engineers aim for the stars with new rocket engine
A 'self-eating' rocket engine which could place small satellites in orbit more easily and more affordably is under development at universities in Scotland and Ukraine.
Engineering
May 24, 2018
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Running a real-time simulation of go-no-go for Apollo 17
Not everyone gets to become a part of history, but mathematician Billie Robertson is one of the lucky ones. In this image taken on Nov. 27, 1972, she was running a real-time simulation of Translunar Injection (TLI) Go-No-Go ...
Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2018
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New Zealand space launch scrubbed from remote launch site
A space launch was scrubbed Tuesday from a remote launch site in New Zealand after an engine glitch caused engineers to abort the flight.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2017
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NASA tests first 3-D printed rocket engine part made with two different alloys
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, tested NASA's first 3-D printed rocket engine prototype part made of two different metal alloys through an innovative advanced manufacturing process. ...
Engineering
Sep 25, 2017
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Image: NASA concludes summer of testing with fifth flight controller hot fire
NASA engineers closed a summer of successful hot fire testing Aug. 30 for flight controllers on RS-25 engines that will help power the new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, being built to carry astronauts to deep-space destinations, ...
Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2017
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Russian booster rocket puts US satellite in orbit
A Russian Proton-M booster rocket carrying a U.S. communications satellite has lifted off, a successful launch after a year-long break caused by manufacturing flaws.
Space Exploration
Jun 8, 2017
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Virgin Galactic conducts 9th unpowered test flight
Virgin Galactic successfully conducted another unpowered test flight of its space tourism spacecraft over the Southern California desert, the company said.
Space Exploration
Jun 2, 2017
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