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.

More specifically, the rocket propellant consists of both fuel and oxidizer. The fuel is typically something flammable, usually hydrogen, methane or kerosene. The oxidizer is usually liquid oxygen ...

[Markus Bindhammer] worked out a way to make solid rocket propellant from newspaper ... which serves as an oxidizer, white wood glue, and PVC pipe. The KClO3 is ground with a mortar and pestle ...

WASHINGTON — Rocket propulsion startup Ursa Major is ... which take in atmospheric oxygen as an oxidizer. Meanwhile, Draper is “agnostic to the environment,” he added. Development and ...

ISRO announced on Friday that it is developing a LOX-methane engine and stages for the Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV), which would feature a reusable booster stage and two expendable upper ...

The Aestus upper stage engine was tested on the P4.2. The engine delivers a thrust of around 27.5 kilonewtons and is powered by dinitrogen tetroxide (N 2 O 4) as an oxidizer and mono-methyl hydrazine ...

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