Recap: NASA astronauts return in SpaceX capsule after 9 months in space
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are set to arrive home on SpaceX after spending 9 months on the ISS after ...
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This Is the First Brand-New Space Shuttle Engine in Years, Not Meant for the Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle launched to space strapped to a massive external fuel tank and a pair of solid rocket boosters, but it too contributed to the thrust it needed to escape Earth's gravity.
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Rubicon wins NASA contract to develop large ASCENT thruster
Credit: Rubicon Space Systems SAN FRANCISCO – Rubicon Space Systems won a NASA contract to develop a 110-newton ASCENT thruster prototype. “It’s bigger than any ASCENT thruster we’ve sold ...
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Launch Vehicles & Propulsion
Common propellant combinations include liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen (used in the Space Shuttle main engines), or solid propellants (used in some rocket boosters). Advanced propulsion ...
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Space Shuttle
The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration." ...
US military’s mini space shuttle returns to Earth after orbiting for 434 days on a secret mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the ...
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what are the different components of the space station?
Russian Service Module - provides life support and utilities, thrusters and habitation functions ... cargo and payloads launched on the Space Shuttle. Each module is capable of delivering 16 ...