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America Is Testing A “Minuteman III” Ballistic Missile Tonight
The Minuteman III is a three-stage, solid-fuel rocket, meaning it can be launched with minimal preparation—an essential ...
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 ...
Explained: India Develops World's Largest Propellant Mixer For Solid Rocket Motors; Know Its Role In Indian Space Transportation Systems
India's Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed a 10-tonne propellant mixer for solid motors. This mixer was created ...
How Super-Strong ‘Metal Foam’ Could Transform Space Travel and Defense
Composite metal foam performs equally to or better than most conventional metals used in shielding materials, while weighing ...
Turning the Moon into a fuel depot will take a lot of power
On its own, 24 kWh doesn't seem like a lot of power. The problem is that we will need a lot of kilograms. The researchers ...
NASA Just Fired up Its Quiet Supersonic Jet—and It Looks Like Pure Speed
When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...
Former director of the Alabama NASA center during the Challenger space shuttle explosion dies at 102
William Ray Lucas, who led the NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, has died. Lucas was 102. Lucas died Monday at his home in ...
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Iran's missile program resumes with new Chinese chemical shipment, reports say
The arrival of a Chinese chemical shipment in Iran signals a potential resurgence in Iran's missile production capabilities ...