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Why NASA Built A Rocket Engine That Had To Explode To Succeed
Deep in a remote desert test site, NASA engineers built an engine meant to fail — violently. The detonation wasn’t an ...
In the relentless quest to make journeys to Mars shorter and safer, Russian scientists have recently turned heads with a bold claim: A plasma-based propulsion system could cut the Earth–Mars transit ...
When I was an aerospace engineer working on the NASA Space Shuttle Program, trust was mission-critical. Every bolt, every line of code, every system had to be validated and tested carefully, or the ...
As private companies race to make spaceflight routine, Earth’s upper atmosphere has become an unintended testing ground. Each launch is a triumph of human ingenuity, but behind that brilliance lies a ...
• SpaceX’s Starship megarocket — the most powerful launch vehicle ever built — successfully completed an hour-long test flight. • The company has had a rocky year of test missions with this generation ...
Two years ago, former SpaceX engineers used rocket tech to develop a power plant capable of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, with a small asterisk. To draw down CO 2, it burned plant waste ...
Venus Aerospace has made the most efficient rocket engines ever flown. They will go from runway to mach 9 hypersonic speed. The Venus Aerospace Stargazer M4 is designed to reach a top speed of Mach 9, ...
Zhuque-3 looks a lot like SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9. China's first reusable rocket just took a big step toward flight. The Chinese company LandSpace conducted a static-fire test with its stainless ...
One of Jersey's lifeboats is to have new engines fitted next year. Jersey Lifeboat Association (JLA) said the Sir Max Aitken III would have two Baudouin engines installed by marine engineers DK ...
Sassie Duggleby, co-founder and chief executive of Venus Aerospace (right) speaks at Axios "Future of Defense" conference. Credit: Axios WASHINGTON — Rocket propulsion startup Venus Aerospace ...
Welcome to Edition 8.16 of the Rocket Report! The 10th anniversary of SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 rocket landing is coming up at the end of this year. We’re still waiting for a second company to bring ...
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