Seventy years ago, on September 17, 1955, a modified Convair B-36 departed Carswell Air Force Base in Texas. Legendary U.S.

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A $61m contract awarded to Boeing exercises an option for additional production of High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability kits for Mark 54 ...

The test of BOLE Development Motor 1, the world’s largest segmented solid rocket motor, lasted for about 2 min. 20 sec., with the large nozzle experiencing an anomaly during the test.

But as Universe Today also notes, the big problem is guaranteeing that only hydrogen escapes the propulsion nozzle, and not uranium fuel. If uranium does escape, the nuclear reaction slows down ...

How it works A conceptual illustration of micronozzle acceleration. A solid hydrogen rod is embedded in an aluminum micronozzle, which channels and focuses plasma flow to optimize proton acceleration.

The booster was secured to the ground at the Utah test site and fired for slightly more than two minutes. All went well for the first 100 seconds or so, until it appeared that the rocket's nozzle had ...