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China test-fires 5 new rocket engines in a single day. But what are they for? (video)
China's state-owned main space contractor tested five different rocket engines on one day last week in preparation for future ...
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First photograph of Earth: How a WWII rocket made history
The first photograph of our planet taken from outer space dates back to 1946, when the Americans utilised a captured German ...
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Mutant Rocket Engine Pairing Rotating Detonation with Ramjet Ignites for the First Time
but also in the history of rocket engines. Why is that? Well, consider the fact that RDREs and ramjets are supposed to be used in different stages of a hypersonic vehicle's flight. Whereas the ...
It took NASA decades to develop this special rocket engine. AI made it in 3 weeks
In the ’60s, rocket engine design and manufacturing company Rocketdyne had tried to make the J-2T Aerospike, a toroidal aerospike concept intended as an improvement over the Rocketdyne J-2 engine for ...
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket on maiden flight
Three minutes and 10 seconds after liftoff, the rocket's first stage engines shut down, triggering stage separation and ignition of the two hydrogen-burning BE-3U engines powering the rocket's ...