Iran is rearming its missile program and a ship of supplies just arrived from China, Western sources say
The first of two vessels carrying 1,000 tons of a Chinese-made chemical that could be a key component in fuel for Iran’s ...
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Science: Solid-Fuel Controls
Solid-fuel rockets are the dream weapons of military rocketeers. They have no pumps or valves to go wrong and are always ready to fire. Their big trouble is that they are harder to control than ...
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Over 1,000 tons of missile fuel chemicals head for Iran from China – report
Solid rocket fuel contains an oxidizing agent such as potassium perchlorate or sodium perchlorate. The Kheibar Shekan is an Iranian medium-range solid-fuel ballistic missile. According to the ...
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China secretly assists Iran in producing rocket fuel — report
which is used to manufacture a key component of solid rocket fuel. Sources indicate that sodium perchlorate can produce 960 tons of ammonium perchlorate, which constitutes about 70% of solid ...
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Scientists Are Getting Closer to a Better Source of Rocket Fuel: Good Ol’ Water
Rocket thrusters powered by the hydrogen and oxygen in water do exist, and while NASA succeeded with using this kind of propulsion system to launch their PTD-1 CubeSat in 2021, water fuel has not ...
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New fuel withstands nuclear thermal propulsion reactor conditions
The trials verify that the fuel can survive the harsh environment of a nuclear rocket reactor. Up until now, the main way of propelling spacecraft has been through chemical rockets. To be fair ...
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Chinese Astronauts Create Rocket Fuel in Space Using "Artificial Photosynthesis"
Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...