With turbopump issues “sorted out,” BE-4 rocket engine moves into production “That is always a good moment in time in the development program.” ...

The BE-4 rocket engine’s powerpack is installed on a stand at Blue Origin’s West Texas ... Bezos says the turbine at the heart of the engine’s turbopump will use a thin film of the fluid ...

Leap 71 is developing AI to build rocket engines faster and cheaper than ever before. ... The turbopump, which forces fuel into the combustion chamber at extreme pressures, ...

Doering is quick to point out that even without ducting in the turbopump exhaust, the F-1B is being designed to have as much thrust as the uprated F-1A concept from the 1960s: about 1.8M lbs of ...

NASA referred to the rocket turbopump as “one of the most complex, 3D-printed rocket engine parts ever made.” It went through about 15 different tests to simulate the kind of force and ...

The turbopump in the modern-day Falcon 9 rocket’s Merlin engine still weighs 150 pounds, but produces 12,000 horsepower. About Engadget Masthead About our Ads Advertise Licensing FAQ RSS Feed ...

In rocket engines, some of the fuel and oxidizer is used by the turbopump, which, again, consists of turbine fans (impellers) on a shaft. In the case of the Merlin engine that powers the Falcon 9 ...

With the guidance and leadership of aerospace and mechanical engineer John Bossard at BSRD LLC, the new engine removes the turbopump, combustion chambers, and nozzle of liquid-fuel rocket engines ...

Rocket Lab Ltd. said at a press conference during the 31 st Space Symposium here that it has wrapped up work on the Rutherford engine that will power its Electron small launch vehicle, designed to ...

While smaller subsystems (like the 28 kN turbopump it wants to test this year) fit on existing stands, the 2,000 kN engine’s sheer size demands specialized infrastructure.