New Glenn’s engines briefly lit up during a planned test, the final step before the new heavy-lift rocket takes flight, becoming a potential rival to SpaceX.
We are fascinated by the hybrid rocket engine which [Ben Krasnow] built and tested in his shop. It is actually using a hollow cylinder of acrylic as the fuel, with gaseous oxygen as an oxidizer.
On January 21st, 2018 at 1:43 GMT, Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifted off from New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. Roughly eight minutes later ground control received confirmation that the ...
Anduril Rocket Motor Systems (RMS) is in the final stages of qualifying a new solid rocket propellant that will increase ...
Some small spherical internal fuel tanks made of steel are blown up like balloons. Stoke’s rocket will have seven ... 100,000 pounds of thrust. Inside the chambers where the fuel combusts ...
Live video of the astronauts inside showed them shaking ... sensor's failure caused a booster rocket from the first stage to malfunction and hit a fuel tank, which led to the loss of stabilisation ...