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SpaceX's Raptor engine is one of the most advanced rocket engines ever built, and it’s rewriting the rules of space travel. In this video, we break down what makes the Raptor so revolutionary — from ...
The H3 rocket test machine No. 1, which was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center on March 7, 2023, had a problem with the ignition of the second stage engine, and a command destruction ...
There is a reason building a rocket engine is harder than most things you want to build. If you are building, say, a car, your goal is to not have it explode. If you are building a bomb, you want t… ...
NASA followed last week's low-key engine test with the test-firing of a solid-fueled booster at Northrop Grumman's rocket ...
The California-based Astra released footage Thursday (Sept. 1) showing one of its engines doing a "hot fire" as the company continues development Rocket 4, which may start test flights in 2023.
Rocket Lab turned up the heat on a space-flown rocket engine Thursday (Sept. 1) ... flying parabolic, working inside a spacesuit, and participating in a simulated Mars mission. Her latest book, ...
In this photo provided by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), smoke and fire are seen during a combustion test of an engine for new small Japanese rocket Epsilon S at Tanegashima Space ...
While NASA’s Artemis program may ultimately abandon the Space Launch System rocket, for now, Melbourne-based L3Harris is pushing forward with the manufacture of the powerful rocket’s ...
Inside The Dome, Thompson and his team test models of new rocket and jet engine parts to see how much noise they make. NASA, commercial airplane manufacturers, and even the military use that ...