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New nuclear fuel withstands 4,220°F heat, will fly rockets to Mars in just 45 days
The company has successfully trialed a nuclear fuel that could one day drastically cut down the travel time to Mars and ...
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The 5 Biggest Engines In The World Are Absolutely Colossal
The engine is 18 feet long, 11.25 feet wide, and weighs 8.3 tons. It generates four times more thrust than an F-16 jet and 12,000 pounds more than the Mercury-Redstone rocket. The Rocketdyne F-1 ...
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Mary Sherman Morgan, Rocket Fuel Mixologist
NAA later built the booster for its successor, the Redstone ... way the propellant was fed into the engine and mixed together. This was the ticket: the rocket fired up perfectly and burned ...
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New fuel withstands nuclear thermal propulsion reactor conditions
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...
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Blue Origin's thunderous rocket tests shake Huntsville city, US
The test itself was highly anticipated, announced in advance by Redstone Arsenal through a Facebook post warning residents of the imminent "rumble" from the rocket engine hot fire testing.