A fragment of the Chinese Long March 3B rocket fell to Earth, creating a dangerous situation. The piece exploded near buildings, and the event was captured on video. The recent launch of the Chinese ...
Last week the Naval Ordnance Test Station at China Lake, Calif, unveiled a fuel system that could solve this problem. It uses hypergolic fuel, i.e., two fluids that ignite as soon as they come in ...
Cornell researchers have harnessed a chemical reaction typically used in rocket fuel ignition to create ... drew inspiration from hypergolic reactions—energetic, spontaneous chemical reactions ...