Calculating the energy requirements for using moon dust to create rocket fuel
An international team of engineers and space scientists has used a variety of assumptions, techniques, and math principles to ...
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Iron Dome for America: US firm pitches powerful hypersonic engine for missile defense
Rocket engine manufacturer Ursa Major is accelerating the development of its Draper engine. The startup is collaborating with US agencies and military contractors to make the engine available for use ...
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Plasma Rocket Engine Breakthrough Unveiled as New Russian Prototype Aims for Faster Space Travel
A prototype electric plasma rocket engine capable of significantly increasing thrust and efficiency has been unveiled by ...
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Andromeda 2 Space Engine Opens the Doors to Fully Reusable Two-Stage Rockets
Private space company Stoke announces a new design for a rocket engine that could make the Nova launcher's second stage ...
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Russia develops engine to reach Mars in 30 days 🚀
What if reaching Mars took only 30 days? Russian researchers have developed an innovative plasma engine, promising to ...
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NASA Eyes Testing Needs For Cryogenic Aircraft Propulsion
NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed is an inspiration for the idea to create a cryogenic test facility. Credit: NASA Building on the success of NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed, the agency’s ...
Simple Flying24d
How Do Variable Cycle Engines Work On Fighter Jets?
The XA102 will now continue toward a prototype engine test. GE Aerospace has been working on adaptive cycle engines for more than a decade. The design adjusts bypass ratio and fan pressure by ...
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When Russian Radar Mistook a Norwegian Scientific Rocket for a U.S. Missile, the World Narrowly Avoided Nuclear War
The Norwegian rocket incident, which took place on this day in 1995, marked the only known activation of a nuclear briefcase in response to a possible attack Laura Kiniry Travel Correspondent A ...
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Rocket Report: Did China’s reusable rocket work?; DOT may review SpaceX fines
(submitted by EllPeaTea) Lunar lander test-fires uprated rocket engine. The Leros 4 rocket engine, developed by Nammo UK in Buckinghamshire, has successfully ignited in space, powering the Firefly ...
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Google Earth Engine tools
Google Earth Engine is a cloud-based service for geospatial processing of vector and raster data. The Earth Engine platform has a JavaScript and a Python API with different methods to process ...
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New nuclear fuel withstands 4,220°F heat, will fly rockets to Mars in just 45 days
They are also simply too slow for deep space travel. According to NASA’s estimates, spacecraft using existing chemical rocket engines will take a minimum of six to seven months to reach Mars.
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SpaceX rocket explodes after engines shut down
A SpaceX test flight has ended in failure after an upgraded Starship rocket exploded over the Atlantic ... SpaceX said the vehicle’s six engines appeared to shut down one by one, with initial data ...