| 单词 | rocket engine |
| 例句 | Not if we work on building a better rocket engine. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z We ignited Columbia’s rocket engine once, for just three seconds, to adjust our course slightly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That didn’t stop Langley engineers from imagining how the missile bodies and rocket engines and reentry problems involved in high-speed flight research might also apply to space vehicles. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As it climbed above the atmosphere and the air ran out, the aerospace plane would have to switch to rocket engines. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no doubt in my mind, either, for right away the rocket engines began jerking back and forth, swiveling to keep us in balance as we climbed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The worst case was the deceleration an astronaut would feel if his rocket engine quit before he reached orbit, causing him to plunge back down into the atmosphere. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z An Agena is a slim fuel tank about thirty feet long, with a rocket engine sticking out of one end and a hole in the opposite end. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Using the ground’s instructions, and our own rocket engines, we changed orbit several times, and slowly approached our Agena. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard a growl so loud I thought one of the rocket engines was starting up. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z We fired Columbia’s rocket engine shortly after we swung around behind the moon’s left edge, out of touch with the earth for the first time in three days. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z To change our orbit this time, we used the rocket engine on the far end of the docked Agena. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Beginning on launch day, July 16, the center will attempt to break a Guinness World Record by launching 5,000 model rockets at 8:32 a.m., the precise time that rocket engines ignited in 1969. 52 Places to Go in 2019 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z At the same time, "Tomorrowland" revels in the retro-space-age aesthetic dreamed up by Walt Disney and his Imagineers six decades ago — all rocket engines and ray guns, swooping lines and shiny chrome. 'Tomorrowland' and 5 more Disneyland movies to mark the park's 60th 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z This is the kind of movie that affixes a rocket engine to a Pontiac Fiero, after all. For ‘F9,’ Making Stunts That Stick 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Spotlights on the ceiling look like rocket engine exhaust and an astronaut’s space glove mounted on a wall is designed to hold keys and cellphones. Cruise and Hotel News: Space Suite in Zurich; Panama by Small Ship 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z An accurate replica of the rocket engine will be launched and actors will depict members of Butler’s fictional Earthseed community from her “Parable” novels. Getty's investment in 'PST Art: Art & Science Collide' grows to $19 million as vast public programming is set for 2024 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The U.S. and the Soviet Union worked on nuclear-powered rocket engines during the Cold War, but they eventually shelved the projects, considering them too hazardous. Russia has tested a nuclear-powered missile and could revoke a global atomic test ban, Putin says 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z It is powered into flight by a rocket engine. A.I. Brings the Robot Wingman to Aerial Combat 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z The spacecraft, once untethered, will ignite a rocket engine and climb to an altitude in microgravity of roughly 50 miles, the U.S.-recognized boundary of Earth's atmosphere. Virgin Galactic embarks on first spaceflight mission in nearly 2 years 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z On the ground, the force of roughly 30 rocket engines firing at full power pummeled the launchpad floor at liftoff, carving a crater several feet deep into the ground. Debris blast from SpaceX rocket launch renews environmental questions 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z In December, it tested a solid fuel rocket engine, a crucial new capability that is harder to detect and preempt. How China let a ship banned for ferrying North Korean coal go rogue 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The Starship rocket system consists of a Starship rocket sitting atop a "Super Heavy" first stage booster with 33 rocket engines. Musk says SpaceX Starship rocket launch slipping to later in April 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Researchers in Xian in central China last year conducted a successful test of a reusable rocket engine, but the technology lags behind SpaceX. China’s military aims to launch 13,000 satellites to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z But contractors are also looking for new options to expand the ability to build rocket engines, with Lockheed asking for bids from a variety of potential new suppliers. From Rockets to Ball Bearings, Pentagon Struggles to Feed War Machine 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z By contrast, the destination of equipment in a controlled de-orbit can be specified using rocket engines, he said. Flaming Space Debris Re-entering Atmosphere Lights Up California Sky 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z On Dec. 16, North Korea tested what it called a new, high-thrust rocket engine that used solid fuel as it looks to expand its capabilities. Tracking North Korea’s Missile Launches 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z In December, the country tested a powerful new rocket engine that it said could be used to propel a solid-fuel ICBM. North Korea Launches ICBM 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z A rocket engine overheated in turn, leading to the loss of the rocket and satellites it was carrying. UK space launch: Dislodged fuel filter blamed for rocket failure 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z For Taiwan alone, there is a $19 billion backlog of orders for American-made weapons — large chunks of it for Stinger missiles with rocket engines built by Aerojet that are already in short supply. From Rockets to Ball Bearings, Pentagon Struggles to Feed War Machine 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Thirty-one of the Super Heavy booster's 33 Raptor rocket engines fired for roughly 10 seconds at SpaceX's south Texas rocket facilities, the company's Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted shortly after the test. SpaceX test-fires Starship booster in milestone for debut orbital launch 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Days after the North’s test of a new solid-fuel rocket engine last month, South Korea tested its own solid-fuel rocket engine. North Korea Vows to Escalate Nuclear Threat Against the South 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z The room’s back and left walls are made of glass, revealing the sweep of the company’s shop floor where tradesmen, machinists and aerospace engineers build, among other things, a rocket engine every two days. 31 Hours Inside SpaceX Mission Control 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z On Dec. 16, North Korea tested what it called a new, high-thrust rocket engine that used solid fuel as it looks to grow its capabilities. Tracking North Korea’s Record Number of Missile Launches 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z We were expecting a launch on 14 December, but this was pushed back when Virgin Orbit discovered a technical issue on one of its Newton rocket engines during testing in California. Virgin Orbit issued licences ahead of Cornwall space launch 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Its 33 Raptor rocket engines make it more powerful than the Saturn V, NASA's rocket that sent humans to the moon under its Apollo program. SpaceX test-fires Starship booster in milestone for debut orbital launch 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z It has placed an emphasis on shortening the duration of such a trip, perhaps with nuclear propulsion instead of conventional rocket engines. China Maps Out Plans to Put Astronauts on the Moon and on Mars 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Change a movie title by one letter: Four Weldings and a Funeral: A man attaches a set of rocket engines to his Chevy and momentarily achieves his dream of driving a flying car. Style Invitational Week 1518: The Style Expirational 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Two days later, it launched what the South Korean military called two medium-range ballistic missiles from the same site where the new rocket engine was tested. Tracking North Korea’s Record Number of Missile Launches 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Photos released by the South Korean military show what appears to be a mangled rocket engine and wires sticking out from a broken rocket body that is still attached with fins. Seoul: North Korea fires ballistic missile toward eastern sea 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Photos released by the South Korean military showed what appeared to be a mangled rocket engine and wires sticking out from a broken rocket body that was still attached with fins. Seoul: Recovered N. Korean missile was anti-aircraft weapon 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Nearby stood versions of the mammoth 18-foot-tall rocket engines that launched the Apollo 11 on its history-making flight to put a man on the moon. Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to reopen next week 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z When combustion happens in a small space, like the chamber of a rocket engine, the hot gas expands rapidly. NASA’s Saturn V Rocket, the Moon Rock Box and the Woman Who Made Them Work Properly 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The Moscow Aviation Institute has been involved in airplane, helicopter, drone and rocket engine development. U.S. adds Moscow Aviation Institute, airplane repair plants to economic blacklist 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z That cascade of material would have acted like the thrust of a rocket engine pushing against the asteroid. NASA Collides With an Asteroid, Completing a Mission to Save a Future Day 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z That cascade of rock will be like the thrust of a rocket engine pushing against the asteroid. NASA Is About to Crash Into an Asteroid. Here’s How to Watch. 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z It will be the most powerful rocket engine ever flown to space, even more powerful than Apollo's Saturn V system that took astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s and '70s. Why NASA's moon-bound Artemis 1 mission matters 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z A problem with one of the four rocket engines that will power NASA's giant new launch vehicle for deep space exploration forced the space agency to call off the booster's much-anticipated launch debut early today. Rocket Woes Delay Launch of NASA’s Artemis I Mission 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z These gases are ejected from the rocket engine through its nozzle, providing the thrust needed to propel heavy payloads into space. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z “There’s no way to talk about it without resorting to cliches, but ‘best rocket engine ever,’ probably, by most metrics,” says David Rubin, a cosmologist at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. Are space scientists ready for Starship—the biggest rocket ever? 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Visitors will be able to walk under and around an 18,000-pound rocket engine and see pieces of an Apollo engine later recovered from the ocean floor. Air and Space Museum reopens Oct. 14. Star Wars fans should cheer. 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Looking further into the issue, Maloney says “emission inventories” of what various rocket engines release would be useful. Don’t Fear China’s Falling Rocket—Fear the Future It Foretells 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z All four rocket engines must be at the proper temperature for launch. Rocket Woes Delay Launch of NASA’s Artemis I Mission 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z It is an oxidizing agent in rocket engines. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Mueller led the development of the Merlin rocket engines that power the Falcon 9 rockets. Two Companies Aim to Beat SpaceX to Mars With ‘Audacious’ Landing 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Musk, SpaceX's founder and chief engineer, has previously said the space company will wheel the rocket booster back to its hangar for a closer inspection of its 33 rocket engines, called Raptors. SpaceX Starship booster 'probably' returning to pad after explosion -Elon Musk 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z If so, then rocket engines at the bottom and the lander simulator at the top could have created the two craters. They Found Two New Craters on the Moon and Discovered a New Mystery 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Engineers will continue to collect test data from the partially-fueled launch vehicle to determine the cause of the rocket engine problem. Rocket Woes Delay Launch of NASA’s Artemis I Mission 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Making a new rocket engine is difficult, and Bruno budgeted extra time into the schedule. Disrupted by SpaceX, ULA was in ‘serious trouble.’ Now it’s on the road back. 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z In 2017, SpaceX canceled these plans, called Red Dragon, after it changed the capsule design to splash down in the ocean instead of using rocket engines to set down on land. Two Companies Aim to Beat SpaceX to Mars With ‘Audacious’ Landing 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Israeli war planes struck a security post and part of an underground site used to produce rocket engines, the Israeli military said in a statement. Israeli war planes strike Gaza after rocket attack 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Because the failure came soon after liftoff, it likely involved the missile's first stage, which in the case of the Hwasong-17 has a complicated set of four massive rocket engines, Hanham said. Analysis: For N.Korea's missile programme, even failures can be sign of progress 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The rocket engine problem stalled plans to launch the SLS rocket and its unpiloted Orion spacecraft on an ambitious 42-day test flight around the moon. Rocket Woes Delay Launch of NASA’s Artemis I Mission 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Those include static rocket engines and space launch vehicles which South Korean and U.S. officials have said require similar technology used in ICBMs. North Korea's Kim orders expansion of ICBM launch site -state media report 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Also on Thursday, Roscosmos announced it would stop selling rocket engines to American companies. Russia’s Isolation on Earth Moves Up Into Space 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Using Mr. Fiaschetti’s woodworking equipment, they designed and made a working rocket engine out of aluminum in an effort to prove to potential investors that they had the necessary technical chops. Dreaming of Suitcases in Space 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Roscosmos also stated that Russia would no longer sell rocket engines to the United States, although the move would have a limited impact on US companies. Anonymous-linked group hacks Russian space research site, claims to leak mission files 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos has issued its latest round of threats in response to global sanctions, this time claiming Russia will no longer sell rocket engines to the United States. Russia says it will no longer sell rocket engines to the United States 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z "In a situation like this we can't supply the United States with our world's best rocket engines. Let them fly on something else, their broomsticks, I don't know what," Rogozin said on state Russian television. Russia halts deliveries of rocket engines to the U.S. 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z “In a situation like this, we can’t supply the United States with our world’s best rocket engines,” Mr. Rogozin said on Russian state television. Russia’s Isolation on Earth Moves Up Into Space 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Tucked away at the far end of the warehouse — next to a floor-to-ceiling American flag and a basketball hoop — is a black, 10-foot shipping container for testing rocket engines and parachute deployment mechanisms. Dreaming of Suitcases in Space 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Once at the right height, White Knight Two releases a plane, which then ignites its onboard rocket engine, initiating the climb to space. Virgin Galactic plans to open ticket sales to the public for flights to edge of space 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z “Today we have made a decision to halt the deliveries of rocket engines.” Russia says it will no longer sell rocket engines to the United States 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z The white paper lists a great deal of other space goals, such as building out China’s space station, updating its satellite technologies, improving its space transportation and rocket systems, creating new rocket engines, and more. China unveils five-year plan for space exploration that continues push into lunar space 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Beyond cooperation with NASA, Russia said on Thursday it would halt the sale of rocket engines to American companies. Russia’s Isolation on Earth Moves Up Into Space 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Its technical libraries and aging cadre of poorly paid rocket scientists led to worries that designs for rocket engines developed in the Soviet period could be passed along to rogue states like North Korea. Gunman Kills 5 at Ukraine Rocket Factory, Adding to Tensions 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z The process, viewed externally, looks virtually identical: a rocket engine blasting fire. NASA’s ‘Nuclear Option’ May Be Crucial for Getting Humans to Mars 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Turkey also sees in Ukraine an opportunity to expand the growing list of customers for its armed drones and take advantage of Ukraine’s defense production capabilities, including its ability to manufacture rocket engines, Ulgen said. Why Ukraine’s Turkish-made drone became a flash point in tensions with Russia 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z Acting on orders from Congress to wean the U.S. space sector off Russia’s space industry, an American rocket company this year stopped buying Russian-made rocket engines, eliminating another source of income. NASA-Russia Alliance in Space Is Shaken by Events on Planet Earth 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Is he the playful scamp who once gave an underling a piggyback ride after a rocket engine test? 10 years at helm, Kim Jong Un’s nukes are still ‘magic wand’ 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z People freak about how long to cook steak or potatoes, but listen, we're not building a rocket engine here. Brad Leone on food, family, foraging — and these maple-glazed sweet potatoes 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z In August, Firefly announced a “new line of business dedicated to supplying rocket engines and other spaceflight components to the emerging New Space industry.” Launch startups Astra and Firefly ink secret rocket engine IP deal 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z It has been also striving to develop solid-fuel rocket engines as part of a plan to launch a spy satellite by the late 2020s, and successfully carried out a test firing in July. Factbox: An intensifying arms race in Asia 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z SpaceX’s senior director of human spaceflight, Benji Reed, told reporters at the Cape on Tuesday that “everything looked great” following a final “static” test-firing of the rocket engines on Monday morning. SpaceX set to make history with first all-civilian crew launched into orbit 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z They show a woman who one day models a bubble-gum colored suit with a leopard-print blouse and on another day sits grinning in front of a rocket engine. Perspective | She hopes to change what people think an astronaut looks like 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z United Launch Alliance won’t be selling any more of its workhorse Atlas V rockets, and it has stopped buying the launch vehicle’s Russian-made rocket engines for good, the company’s chief executive told The Verge. ULA stops selling its centerpiece Atlas V, setting path for the rocket’s retirement 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z It also charges that Virgin Galactic’s rocket engine is worse for the environment. Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic crew are safely back from space, ushering in a new era 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Moments later VSS Unity will ignite its single rocket engine to blast to the edge of space, some 55 miles above the ground. Richard Branson sets off on his voyage to space aboard Virgin Galactic’s spaceplane 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z The company also pointed out that its windows were larger, providing a better view, and it alleged that Virgin Galactic’s hybrid rocket engine is far more harmful to the environment. Richard Branson prepares to take his daredevil act to space with Virgin Galactic ... and beat Jeff Bezos 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z One of the film’s cars has a rocket engine attached to its roof. ‘F9’ could be the blockbuster Hollywood needs to kick-start moviegoing. 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Every now and then, loud sirens startle them, signaling that the testing of rocket engines is about to begin. A Serene Shore Resort, Except for the SpaceX ‘Ball of Fire’ 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Near the 65-mile altitude, the capsule separates from New Shepard, which begins its return to land guided by its single rocket engine. Blue Origin targeting July for first crewed flight, opens auction for a seat 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Once deployed, Talon A will ignite its liquid-fueled rocket engine to boost itself higher in Earth’s atmosphere for roughly a minute of hypersonic flight test conditions. World’s widest plane nails ‘extremely successful’ second test flight 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z “Just like any other piece of a rocket engine or a spacesuit, our food is a government-certified spaceflight hardware that fulfills a specific function,” Dr. Dowdy said. It’s Dinner Time on the Space Station. Lobster or Beef Bourguignon? 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Those earlier Starship prototypes resembled spray paint cans with their labels removed, rising nearly 500 feet using a single rocket engine before setting back down at the Texas test site. SpaceX Mars Rocket Prototype Explodes, but This Time It Landed First 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Another crucial business line for the company is its liquid BE-4 rocket engine that powers New Glenn. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin delays New Glenn debut to late 2022 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Methane, a greenhouse gas that traps far more heat than an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide, is a component of the fuel used in SpaceX’s Raptor rocket engines. Elon Musk's Bitcoin embrace is a bit of a head-scratcher 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Then the sky crane’s rocket engines will fire and the probe will slow down until it hovers about 20 metres above the surface of the red planet. Tensions rise as rival Mars probes approach their final destination 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z It sells rocket engines to another rocket company, United Launch Alliance. Jeff Bezos Renews Focus on Blue Origin, Which Has Been Slower to Launch 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z That earlier Starship model, which resembled a spray paint can with the label removed, lifted itself nearly 500 feet using a single rocket engine before setting down at the Texas test site. SpaceX’s Prototype Mars Rocket Crashes in Test Flight 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z “Anyone who has lived with large rocket engines understands that their awesome power is produced by machinery churning away at very high temperatures, pressures and velocities. A thin and fragile barrier separates combustion from explosion.” Meet the people paying $55 million each to fly to the space station 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z The contracts were related to rocket engine production, shipbuilding and military vehicle projects, officials said. California tops the list for Defense Department spending 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z In December, the company aborted a test flight after its onboard computer that monitors the rocket engines lost connection. 2021 could be a huge year for space. Here’s what’s to come from NASA, Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos. 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Musk sought to tamp down expectations for Starship’s first suborbital flight using three of its new Raptor rocket engines, predicting a 30% chance of success in reaching an altitude of more than 40,000 feet. Musk's SpaceX to stage key high-altitude Starship test 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Soot production in rocket engines is complicated and not very well understood. An Underappreciated Danger of the New Space Age: Global Air Pollution 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Unity is designed to be carried aloft beneath a special carrier jet and released at high altitude, where its rocket engine is ignited. Virgin Galactic plans 1st New Mexico space launch this month 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z The craft will then be released and light its rocket engine. Window opens for Virgin Galactic’s final round of testing 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Lights around the windows will glow different colors depending on where VSS Unity is on its journey to space: white for the initial climb and orange for when the rocket engine ignites. Virgin Galactic unveils the interior cabin of its tourist spaceplane 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z You only need to worry about how to make a rocket engine, decelerate a rover through an atmosphere, polish a telescope mirror. The Doctor From Nazi Germany and the Search for Life on Mars 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Some types of hydrocarbon-fueled rocket engines emit hundreds of times more soot for each kilogram of fuel burned than do their jet engine cousins. An Underappreciated Danger of the New Space Age: Global Air Pollution 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Poynter contends that their system is very different from these rockets — notably lacking a rocket engine — so they don’t expect to run into some of the same problems. New company Space Perspective wants to take you to the stratosphere via high-altitude balloon 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Department of Energy said it will soon resume environmental cleanup at a former nuclear and rocket engine test site in the hills of Ventura County. Cleanup to resume at troubled Santa Susana Field Laboratory site 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The craft is ferried to a high altitude by a much larger carrier aircraft before it’s released and its rocket engines are fired. Virgin Galactic posts loss, touts future potential revenue 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z A carrier aircraft carries it to high altitude and releases it before its rocket engine ignites. Virgin Galactic reports high interest in its space flights 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z CO2 emissions from jet engines will be much larger than CO2 emissions from rocket engines for any foreseeable future. An Underappreciated Danger of the New Space Age: Global Air Pollution 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z “Think of a rocket engine, but except the flames pointing at the device.” Oil and Gas May Be a Far Bigger Climate Threat Than We Knew 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z The same rocket engines would enable the sails to hover in the appropriate orientation relative to the star, based on the desired direction for their journey after the explosion. Surfing a Supernova 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z “Here, there was nothing like that. There’s no burst. It more just sort of falls apart, which is also very characteristic of a space object like a satellite or rocket engine or something like that.” Experts try to identify mysterious light that streaked over Southern California 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “There’s no burst. It more just sort of falls apart, which is also very characteristic of a space object like a satellite or rocket engine or something like that.” Mysterious light streaks across Southern California's night sky. What was it? 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The 53-year-old scientist led the Indian space agency's cryogenic rocket engine project, and was responsible for acquiring the technology from Russia. The 'spy scandal' that blew up a rocket scientist's career 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z About a minute into its supersonic flight, the rocket engines were shut down to mimic a malfunction and the capsule’s “launch escape” sequence was set in motion. SpaceX launches, purposefully destroys rocket in critical astronaut escape test 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Reaction Engines is developing a rocket engine, the Sabre, to be used on high-speed aircraft and on spacecraft. Giant jet engines aim to make our flying greener 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z His father was a mathematician and aerospace engineer for North American Rockwell, where, among other things, he helped design rocket engines for the Apollo spacecraft. The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, but Should We? 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Perhaps the North Koreans were using a rocket engine’s fiery exhaust to simulate reentry conditions, analysts said. North Korea never halted efforts to build powerful new weapons, experts say 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z South Korea’s defense minister said Pyongyang tested a rocket engine. US calls UN meeting on North Korea missiles — not rights 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Rosatom nuclear state corporation said the explosion occurred on an offshore platform during tests of a “nuclear isotope power source” of a rocket engine. Putin awards widows of experts who died in rocket explosion 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z "The Sabre is completely unique, there's nobody else in the world, that we are aware of, that's developing an air-breathing rocket engine," says Mark Thomas, chief executive of Reaction Engines. Giant jet engines aim to make our flying greener 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Five engineers and two others died when a rocket engine exploded at a test range on the White Sea on 8 August. Putin vows to perfect mystery rocket after blast 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z The facility opened in 1948 when North American Aviation — later North American Aviation Rocketdyne Division, then Rockwell International and, more recently, Boeing — began research, development and testing of rocket engines, in cooperation with the U.S. First engine broke down en route to Woolsey fire, sources say. Blaze grew at a terrifying rate 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z On Aug. 8, two servicemen and five nuclear workers were killed during a rocket engine test near the White Sea in an area considered part of the testing range. Russia accuses US of trying to access restricted military areas, suggests giving 'American embassy a map’ 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Most combine steel and high-strength alloys with heavy tungsten, shock-absorbing polymers and other elements previously found only in rocket engines and artificial hips. Inside the next generation of irons - Golf Digest 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z On Aug. 8, five nuclear workers were killed during a rocket engine test near the White Sea in an area considered part of the testing range. 3 US diplomats detained near secret Russian military training ground: officials 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z It requires the precise firing of a vehicle’s rocket engine to lower it down to the very small world, which doesn’t have an atmosphere. India loses communication with lunar lander shortly before scheduled landing on the Moon 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z This means that the velocity of the lander is steadily reduced with its own rocket engines. India's grand ambitions in second Moon mission 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The robotic ship is the size of a small house and is capable of carrying four rovers, using a newly designed rocket engine and souped-up rockets. Elon Musk lauds Newt Gingrich's $2B moon competition prize 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The initial report from the country’s nuclear agency said that five workers were killed in a rocket engine explosion. Russia nuclear monitoring cites lost contact after mystery blast: report 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z The company said the victims were on a sea platform testing a rocket engine and were thrown into the sea by explosion. Russian explosion raises radiation fears, questions about secretive weapons program 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom on Saturday said the failure occurred in an “isotope power source for a liquid fueled rocket engine.” U.S. Officials Suspect New Nuclear Missile in Explosion That Killed 7 Russians 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The rocket engines must bring that horizontal movement to a stop whilst at the same time controlling the rate of descent to near zero just before the moment of touchdown. India's grand ambitions in second Moon mission 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Russia's nuclear agency said Saturday that five of its employees were killed earlier this week when a rocket engine exploded during a missile test at a military base in the far northern Arkhangelsk region. Russia nuclear agency says 5 dead in missile test explosion 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Large solid-fuel rocket engines for North Korea’s ballistic missile program are most likely being produced at a factory complex in Hamhung, monitoring group 38 North said last year. North Korea fires two projectiles shortly after Trump dismissed earlier launches 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Rosatom said the explosion occurred while the engineers were testing a “nuclear isotope power source” for a rocket engine. Russian explosion raises radiation fears, questions about secretive weapons program 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The Russian Ministry of Defense, quoted by state-run news outlets, said that two people died and six were injured on Thursday in an explosion of what it called a liquid propellant rocket engine. U.S.-based experts suspect Russia blast involved nuclear-powered... 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Another explosion occurred in Russia after a rocket engine exploded during a test Thursday, killing two people and injuring four others, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry. Fresh blast at Russian arms depot days after massive explosions 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Russia’s defence ministry said a liquid-fuel rocket engine exploded during testing at a military site on Thursday, killing two and injuring six. Russian pharmacies report rise in sales of iodine near military explosion 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Rocket blast kills 2, injures 4 in Russia: Russia's Defense Ministry said two people died and four were injured when a rocket engine exploded during a test. World Digest: Aug. 8, 2019 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Russia’s military said that the fire occurred when a liquid-fueled rocket engine exploded at the testing site, but that radiation levels remained at normal background levels, contradicting reports from the municipal authorities in nearby Severodvinsk. Radiation Is Said to Be Released in Russian Military Accident 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z A rocket engine explosion at a Russian military facility killed at least two and injured four others during a test on Thursday, Defense Ministry officials said. Rocket engine explosion at Russian military base kills 2, injures 4, officials say 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Radiation levels are normal after the explosion, which involved a liquid-propellant rocket engine, the ministry said. Two dead in explosion at military base in northern Russia 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z It is not clear what rocket engine or weapon system was being tested at the military site. Russian pharmacies report rise in sales of iodine near military explosion 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The blast happened during testing of a rocket engine, an official said. Explosion at Russian military base kills two 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The hardware didn’t get very high, but it was the first time the test vehicle flew detached from the ground, powered by SpaceX’s next-generation rocket engine. SpaceX’s new test rocket briefly hovers during first free flight 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Most Apollo commemorations focus on the underlying science of the missions: massive rocket engines that get payloads into space or spacesuits that can withstand a wide spectrum of lunar conditions. The coolest ways to celebrate the Apollo 11 anniversary around D.C. this week 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The U.S. space agency has not fully developed a new rocket engine since the space shuttle in the 1970s, and the industrial base has withered. Could the Apollo 11 moon landing be duplicated today? ‘Lots of luck with that’ 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z His chapter on the Apollo landing captures its historic importance and the might of the craft’s rocket engines. Review | Exploring the moon’s past and future 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z The trials will see the car run without its rocket engine installed; it will be powered solely by a Rolls-Royce Eurofighter jet engine. Bloodhound car to run at high speed in October 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z At a promotional event in Washington DC, Bezos also described the liquid-propellant rocket engine that Blue Origin is developing for lunar payloads. Terror deaths, primate research and nuclear deal falters 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z It is carried under a special plane to an altitude of about 50,000 feet before detaching and igniting its rocket engine. Virgin Galactic’s space-tourism dream edges closer to reality 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Bezos says his space company Blue Origin will land a robotic ship the size of a small house, capable of carrying four rovers and using a newly designed rocket engine and souped-up rockets. Amazon’s Bezos says he’ll send a spaceship to the moon 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Green is heard saying in the video: “Let’s see what happens when I ignite it inside of our rocket engine.” Florida man accused of building pipe bomb, posting video of it to Facebook 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Vladimir Putin visits a rocket engine company in Luhansk, Russia, on Friday. The Daily 202: How the nature of cyberwar is changing 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z After Allen’s death in October, Stratolaunch dropped plans to develop its own rocket engine and a family of launch vehicles, focusing instead on getting the giant plane airborne and launching Northrop Grumman’s proven Pegasus XL. Airplane with world's longest wingspan take flight, beating Spruce Goose record 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Sabre is intended to be much lighter than a conventional rocket engine because it would carry less fuel-oxidant. 'Spaceplane' that flies 25 times faster than the speed of sound passes crucial test 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z That “could indicate deliberate preparations to test rocket engines again,” they added. Trump officials chafe at second-guessing of North Korean missile sites 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z A stand used for testing rocket engines also showed signs of being rebuilt. North Korea rebuilds part of launch site it promised the US it would dismantle 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Many other rocket engines, such as SpaceX’s Merlin engines, use highly refined kerosene. SpaceX test-fire of Mars spaceship's flight engine is milestone for its engine development 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z From there, it drops from the wing and ignites its rocket engine, climbing to the edge of space and giving people a taste of microgravity. Virgin Galactic lays off 40 employees ahead of transition to New Mexico spaceport 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z During boost phase, the missile is at its most vulnerable state, as it’s doing a controlled burn of its rocket engine and it hasn’t deployed any decoys yet. The military is looking at ways to intercept nukes from space — but experts say it’s not feasible 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z “Stratolaunch is ending the development of their family of launch vehicles and rocket engine,” the company said in an e-mailed statement. After Paul Allen’s death, Stratolaunch cuts sharply back – but giant plane will still fly 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z The issue with the Angara A5 was brought to attention by scientists at rocket engine manufacturer Energomash in a paper ahead of a space conference later this month. Russian scientists find defect in new heavy lift space rocket engine 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z The engines currently on the prototype are a mix of operational parts and “Raptor development” — the liquid methane-fueled rocket engine that will power the vehicle. For its next act, SpaceX plans to launch and land its giant Mars spaceship 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The company slowly progressed through the vehicle’s test flight program, first conducting unpowered glide flights with the spaceplane and then doing short powered flights by igniting VSS Unity’s rocket engine. Virgin Galactic’s spaceplane finally makes it to space for the first time 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z It then detaches from the plane, ignites its rocket engine and climbs. Virgin Galactic aims to reach space soon with tourism rocket 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The team designs, engineers and assembles on-site and then tests the rocket engines at a spot in Berthoud. Colorado’s booming space industry is second to California’s 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z At Aerojet Rocketdyne in Redmond, which made the rocket engines for NASA’s latest mission to Mars, the final "seven minutes of terror" as the lander headed for the surface were familiar, but still intense. Mars landing is a nail-biter for Redmond rocket engineers 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z The site was used for decades for testing rocket engines and nuclear energy research. Southern California wildfire roars to life in wilderness 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Then came the diversions: North Korea launched missiles and tested rocket engines five times in the first 100 days. U.S. Edges Toward New Cold-War Era with China 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Delightfully nerdy details chronicle everything from the first rocket engines to astronauts’ accessories. Starry visions, lunar dreams: space exploration in pictures 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z In 1994, he was arrested on charges that he sold secret information on cryogenic rocket engines to Pakistan. Gravity glitch, biodefence plan and an asteroid first 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z “Many have been saying that Russia should stop supplying the United States with rocket engines, aircraft titanium, and uranium concentrate. But that’s shooting ourselves in the foot,” he said. New sanctions on Russia for nerve agent attack will go into effect Monday 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Then the roar of a rocket engine fills the air. This Brooklyn startup is testing rocket engines out of storage containers 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z North Korea’s stance on dialogue changed dramatically, though, following the successful test of a new rocket engine in March 2017, which the country hailed as a significant breakthrough. Kim Jong Un could give up ICBMs but keep some nuclear forces 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Companies are now routinely printing titanium engine parts, customizing dashboards of high-end cars, turning out jewelry and eyeglass frames and developing rocket engines. Printing body parts in hospital shows 3D tech's growing reach 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Cuban's money allowed Relativity to create a prototype of its 3-D printer and print its first rocket engine, which helped impress additional investors. Entrepreneur seeks to boldly go where no one has gone before: 3-D printing nearly an entire rocket 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z In November, space tourism and rocket engine company Xcor Aerospace filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after development of its Lynx suborbital space plane proved to be more expensive and difficult than anticipated. Entrepreneur seeks to boldly go where no one has gone before: 3-D printing nearly an entire rocket 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The company’s proprietary rocket engine boasts only two parts instead of the 2,600 it would contain if built via standard industry techniques. Q&A: 3-D Printing Rockets with Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Russian lawmakers also said they proposed a ban on cooperation with the United States on atomic power, rocket engines and aircraft making. Russia's lawmakers propose bans on U.S. imports and investments 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Launcher, a five-person startup formed last year in Brooklyn, used 3D printers to make a small rocket engine. Printing body parts in hospital shows 3D tech's growing reach 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The rocket engines being tested in the video run on liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellants. No, NASA doesn’t have a cloud generation machine — it has rocket engines 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Cuban’s money allowed Relativity to create a prototype of its 3-D printer and print its first rocket engine, which helped impress additional investors. Entrepreneur seeks to boldly go where no one has gone before: 3-D printing nearly an entire rocket 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The kick stage is fitted with a different sort of rocket engine, Curie, which can be started, shut down and restarted as needed. Is New Zealand the world’s best rocket-launching site? 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Composed of three interlinked boosters each derived from SpaceX’s smaller Falcon 9 rocket, the Falcon Heavy boasts 27 rocket engines in total, allowing it to lift about 140,000 pounds into low-Earth orbit. Elon Musk Does It Again 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z If the punishing radiation doesn't fatally damage the upper stage—which is unlikely—its single rocket engine will fire at approximately 10:15 p.m. Falcon Heavy Rocket Makes History With Successful First Launch 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Another tricky aspect is the large number of rocket engines. Elon Musk has big agenda for SpaceX’s big rocket 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The company has said it relies on 3-D printing for all the primary components of its Rutherford rocket engine and advertises a launch price of about $5.7 million for a launch. Rocket Lab launch is vote of confidence in small-rocket start-ups 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z A division of the agency immersed itself in studying the North’s factories and reactors, trying to gauge how fast the backward state could build advanced rocket engines, specialty fuels and nuclear warheads. How U.S. Intelligence Agencies Underestimated North Korea 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z That activates a microphone, which listens for the rumble of rocket engines. Roar of a rocket engine, click of a camera shutter — and a far-off photographer hopes for a great shot 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z ET, the Falcon Heavy's 27 Merlin rocket engines staggered to life with a triumphant roar that could be heard for miles. Falcon Heavy Rocket Makes History With Successful First Launch 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z The old plant that once sat on the site was actually used in the 1960s to build rocket engines that ran on solid propellant for NASA. How a tiny county in Georgia is trying to create the country's newest commercial spaceport 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Glenn's experience in simulating the extreme environments inside jet and rocket engines made it a natural home for the chamber. Armed with tough computer chips, scientists are ready to return to the hell of Venus 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The North’s rapid progress raises a number of awkward questions: Did the American sabotage effort, for example, prompt Mr. Kim to scrap an ailing missile program for a new generation of more capable rocket engines? How U.S. Intelligence Agencies Underestimated North Korea 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z SpaceX is investigating why one of its rocket engines exploded during a test fire this week at its facility in Texas, the company confirmed Wednesday. Elon Musk's SpaceX suffers a rocket-engine failure during testing 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z New rocket engines and modifications to existing launch vehicles is all that would be permitted under section 1615. McCain, Elon Musk, defense authorization 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Finally, someone asked Musk whether the rocket engines would be 3D printed, given that the company already has experience 3D printing with its SuperDraco engines. Here’s what Elon Musk revealed about the ITS and SpaceX’s Mars ambitions in his Reddit AMA 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z The alarm on that September night was the result of data passed from Soviet early-warning satellites monitoring for possible missile launches by spotting the heat from a rocket engine against the dark background of space. Opinion | The night one Russian military officer may have saved the world 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z In March, just before the Chinese leader was set to meet United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Beijing, North Korea announced the successful test of a new type of rocket engine. North Korea: China's 'nightmare neighbour' does it again - BBC News 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Even the improvement of its rocket engine performance in recent tests has been linked to contraband engines being provided from former Soviet factories in Ukraine. N. Korea should follow Kazakhstan’s lead 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Rex Tillersonpraised him for exercising restraint, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared in state media visiting a missile-development factory and ordering the production of more warheads and rocket engines. Kim Jong Un Shown Ordering More Warheads After Tillerson’s Praise for ‘Restraint’ 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z It said the institute was responsible for producing fiber and carbon compound materials used to build high-power rocket engines and so-called re-entry vehicles for ballistic missile warheads. North Korea Hints It Is Developing More Advanced Ballistic Missiles 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z WASHINGTON—The U.S. believes that North Korea produces its own rocket engines rather than relying on foreign imports, a U.S. intelligence official said Tuesday. U.S. Believes North Korea Produces Its Own Rocket Engines 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z The success of the North’s recent missile tests was made possible by the sale of rocket engines, probably from a Ukrainian factory, on the black market, an analysis being published today shows. Charlottesville, Burkina Faso, Shonda Rhimes: Your Monday Briefing 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z After graduating from the program and getting married, Davis returned to NASA, focusing on testing proportion valves on rocket engines. South Dakota ranch kid turns NASA rocket scientist 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z The company started out by building rocket engines that could be easily reused, then performed flight tests by incorporating them into airplanes. A flameout in the Mojave shows how hard it can be to finance rocket-ship start-ups 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z As the North Koreans tell it, March was the breakthrough month for their domestic rocket engine industry. How North Korea made it from Kim’s New Year’s boast to ICBM 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z North Korea has also recently released images from rocket engine tests and displayed what appeared to be several intercontinental ballistic missiles at a massive military parade in Pyongyang this spring. North Korea claims it has launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile. What does that mean? 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z In Rocket Center, where rocket engines were once built and some composite materials for U.S. fighter jets are manufactured today, IBM occupies a few buildings and employs 350 people, including Bridges. Helping those left behind: New kind of tech hiring emphasizes skills, not college degrees 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z In Rocket Center, where rocket engines were once built and some composite materials for American fighter jets are manufactured today, IBM occupies a few buildings and employs 350 people, including Mr. Bridges. A New Kind of Tech Job Emphasizes Skills, Not a College Degree 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z The plane was to use piston pumps in its engines, utilizing a simpler manufacturing process that Xcor said would make them easier to reuse than the more complex turbopumps employed in other rocket engines. A flameout in the Mojave shows how hard it can be to finance rocket-ship start-ups 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Today, private spaceflight venture Blue Origin announced its plans to manufacture the company’s new rocket engine, the BE-4, at a state-of-the-art facility in Huntsville, Alabama. Blue Origin will build its rocket engine in Alabama because the space industry is ruled by politics 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z After a few minutes of flight, the glinting space plane emptied a 2,500 pound tank of water meant to simulate the weight of a rocket engine. Virgin Galactic test flight of space plane moves the company a bit closer to commercial operations 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z New Museum of Flight exhibit features 19-foot-tall rocket engine that helped launch Apollo to the moon. Museum of Flight exhibit lifts off 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z March 19: North Korea conducts a ground test of a new high-thrust rocket engine it describes as a breakthrough in the country’s space program and efforts to develop strategic weapons. Timeline: President Trump vs. North Korea 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z The company’s rocket engine manufacturing operations will be consolidated in a new plant in Huntsville, Alabama. Aeroject eliminating 1,100 Sacramento-area jobs 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Tri-D Dynamics plans to use this to eventually churn out rocket engines of any size in a kind of automated assembly-line process to possibly shave months from the traditional production process. Space start-ups get their 'Shark Tank' moment 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z At the time, North Korea's official media said the engine would help it achieve world-class satellite launch capability, indicating the test was of a new type of rocket engine for long-range missiles. North Korea tests rocket engine: U.S. officials 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z It will employ the craft’s rocket engines to hop across it. Hopping rockets and flying washing machines in wacky race to moon 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z In 2004, Held began his PhD in robotics at the University of Sydney, and eventually founded the university’s space engineering laboratory, where he led a space satellite project and worked on rocket engines. 'We've left junk everywhere': why space pollution could be humanity's next big problem 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z North Korea's test of a rocket engine last weekend was accompanied by the usual state media propaganda - but one image of its leader celebrating stood out in particular. North Korea: Who would dare to piggyback on Kim Jong-un? - BBC News 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Wednesday’s missile launch ended in failure but the North hailed Saturday’s test of a new rocket engine. UN condemns North Korea tests which contribute to nukes 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Over the weekend, Kim supervised a rocket engine test of “historic significance,” according to state media. North Korean missile explodes seconds after launch 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z North Korea on Saturday conducted a ground test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine that leader Kim Jong Un has described as a revolutionary breakthrough for the country’s space program. US exploring range of new measures to respond to North Korea 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Lee Jin-woo, a spokesman at the Defense Ministry, said it showed that the North was developing a more sophisticated rocket engine. North Korea’s Test of Rocket Engine Shows ‘Meaningful Progress,’ South Says 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Prof Lim points out that he had good reason to celebrate, with a successful rocket engine test putting him one step closer towards his nuclear goals - and sealing his legacy. North Korea: Who would dare to piggyback on Kim Jong-un? - BBC News 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Missile experts are waiting for higher-resolution photos of the rocket engine from North Korea’s state media for clues about the technology. North Korea says it tested rocket engine ‘of historic significance’ 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Yet North Korea upped the ante even further Sunday by announcing it had carried out a rocket engine test “of historic significance.” In China debut, Tillerson appears to hand Beijing a diplomatic victory 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z But in a sign of the challenges that remain, hours after the discussion, North Korea defiantly announced it had tested a rocket engine that its state media said had “historic significance.” Tillerson wraps up Asia trip on hopeful note, but uncertainties over North Korea remain 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s latest test of a rocket engine showed that the country was making “meaningful progress” in trying to build more powerful rockets and missiles, South Korean officials said on Monday. North Korea’s Test of Rocket Engine Shows ‘Meaningful Progress,’ South Says 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Cobalt is also widely used for superalloys in turbines, space vehicles, rocket engines and power plants. Electric car boom spurs investor scramble for cobalt 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z The Government Accountability Office’s preliminary findings reveal a pattern of problems with turbine blades that pump fuel into rocket engines, these officials said. Congressional Investigators Warn of SpaceX Rocket Defects 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Hanman focused on the recent test of a liquid-fueled rocket engine as proof of this emerging capability for the North. North Korea ICBM claims are true 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Kim later attended another ground test of a new long-range rocket engine, exhorting his government to prepare for another rocket launch as soon as possible. North Korea Will Test Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Kim Says 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z In September, North Korea conducted the ground test of what it called a new long-range rocket engine in Tongchang-ri, days after it conducted its fifth underground nuclear test. North Korea’s Test of Rocket Engine Shows ‘Meaningful Progress,’ South Says 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z The instant that the rocket engines shut down on your space shuttle, you’re floating, immediately. Living in space puts Earth in a new light: 'I'd never seen that shade of blue before' 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Monday was the 80th anniversary of that first exhilarating trek into the nearby foothills to light a liquid rocket engine. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory marks its 80th anniversary 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Pyongyang fired three ballistic missiles that flew more than 600 miles last month and tested a new rocket engine Sept. 20 that could be used for a long-range missile. Obama’s successor to inherit international crises, world filled with ‘unease and strife’ 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Elon Musk said SpaceX successfully tested its Raptor rocket engine that might one day be used to transport people to Mars. SpaceX test fires Raptor engine for rocket that might one day take people to Mars 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z This is the name given to a type of wave pattern that appears in the supersonic exhaust plume of a rocket engine or jet engine. SpaceX 'Mars' rocket engine tested - BBC News 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Wednesday's flight follows a series of recent provocative actions by Pyongyang, including a nuclear test earlier in September – its fifth since 2006 – as well as a rocket engine test earlier in the week. U.S. Flies Supersonic B-1 Bomber over North Korea 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Most of the 8.5-tonne station would melt as it passed through the atmosphere, Dr McDowell commented, but some parts such as the rocket engines, were so dense they might not burn up completely. China space station to fall to Earth in 2017 - BBC News 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Of course, his "guiding" of Tuesday's ground test for a new type of rocket engine to launch satellites dominated the headlines. What the North Korean internet really looks like - BBC News 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, North Korea trumpeted the testing of a new high-powered rocket engine. 138 Dead, 100,000 Homeless in North Korea Floods: U.N. 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The North's state media on Tuesday said leader Kim Jong Un observed a ground test of a new rocket engine and ordered a satellite launch preparation. US flies bombers over South Korea again in show of force 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The North’s state media on Tuesday said leader Kim Jong Un observed a ground test of a new rocket engine and ordered a satellite launch preparation. US flies bombers over South Korea again in show of force 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z While most of the eight tonnes of space station would melt as it passes through the atmosphere, McDowell said some parts, such as the rocket engines, were so dense that they wouldn’t burn up completely. China's Tiangong-1 space station 'out of control' and will crash to Earth 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly supervised a ground test Tuesday of a new rocket engine used for launching satellites, giving indications that North Korea may be ready to launch a new long-range rocket. North Korea 'Tests New Rocket Engine' 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z “It’s one and the same,” said Jeffrey Lewis, an adjunct professor at the Middlebury Institute, adding that a rocket engine of that size would represent an upgrade to Iran’s current capabilities. North Korea Says It Successfully Tested New Rocket Engine 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z The company later tested rocket engines and major subsystems of the Apollo spacecraft. Frank Wyle, aerospace innovator and L.A. museum benefactor, dies at 97 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z By the time he retired from Rockwell in the mid-1990s, Mr. Iacobellis was one of three chief operating officers, in charge of the company’s rocket engines, aircraft and spacecraft operations, including the space shuttle program. Sam Iacobellis, engineer who managed B-1 project in Cold War, dies at 87 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z As it turns out, Russia’s rocket engines were far more innovative than those the Americans used. North Korea Will Have the Skills to Make a Nuclear Warhead by 2020, Experts Say 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z After 43 years at Rockwell, he retired as one of three operating officers, responsible for the company’s rocket engines and aircraft and spacecraft operations, including the space shuttle. Sam Iacobellis, Whose B-1 Bomber Recast the Cold War, Dies at 87 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Bruno said factors that prevented ULA from competing for an earlier military launch, including a trade ban that stymied imports of Russian rocket engines, are no longer obstacles. SpaceX could be grounded for 9-12 months: ULA chief 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z By the time he retired from Rockwell, Iacobellis was one of three chief operating officers, in charge of the company’s rocket engines, aircraft and spacecraft operations, including the space shuttle program. Sam Iacobellis, Rockwell exec who led ambitious Cold War-era rollout of B-1 bombers, dies at 87 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Once there, the spaceplane is released and ignites its rocket engine, climbing up to 68 miles above the Earth’s surface. Virgin Galactic gets FAA license to start flight-testing its spaceplane 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z As Juno approached its target, it fired its rocket engine to slow itself down and gently slipped into orbit. Hello Jupiter! NASA Spacecraft Juno Arrives at Giant Planet 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z This will require the probe to execute a perfect braking manoeuvre using its British-made rocket engine. Juno mission: Jupiter probe nears critical orbit manoeuvre - BBC News 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z When the US space agency's latest probe to Jupiter tries to enter into orbit around the planet on Tuesday, it will be relying on a British rocket engine. Juno mission: British rocket engine ready for Jupiter task - BBC News 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z As Juno approaches Jupiter late Monday, it will fire its main rocket engine to slow down and slip into orbit around the planet. Journey to Jupiter: NASA spacecraft nears planet rendezvous 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The committee also approved a hotly debated amendment to that same bill that would allow for additional purchases of Russian rocket engines. How politics could disrupt the SpaceX rocket revolution 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Using rocket engines to lower a spacecraft down to Mars will likely kick up a bunch of rocks and dust on the surface, which could damage the spacecraft. How SpaceX's Red Dragon could change the way we land on Mars 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z A team at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California proposed SpaceX’s Dragon capsule as a cheaper way to land on Mars, using rocket engines. SpaceX Says It Plans to Send a Probe to Mars 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Take the main oxidizer valve body in one of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket engines, for example. The final frontier: cheap space travel 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z North Korea claims successful test of rocket engine capable of reaching U.S. In Japan, ghost ships from North Korea that wash ashore weighted with questions 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z During the bill markup, Coffman said a “hasty” prohibition on Russian rocket engines would harm national security, launch competition and raise concerns about fiscal responsibility. How politics could disrupt the SpaceX rocket revolution 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Unlike the Atlas V, the Vulcan will be powered with American-made rocket engines. ULA's next big rocket just passed its first major design review 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z As the New York Times says, the business will focus on space tourism and selling rocket engines to other companies. California Inc.: Blame the airline industry for Disneyland's higher ticket prices 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z But the real money will be made selling their rocket engines to people who want to launch satellites and other things into space. Private space company Blue Origin expects it will launch its first human test flights into space in 2017 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z The Pentagon’s plan to end its reliance on Russian rocket engines through speedy development of a new, all-U.S. booster is too risky and likely will prove overly expensive, outside acquisition experts privately warned last year. Air Force Plan on Rocket’s Fate Is Under Fire 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z But even before the rocket engines roared to life, Kelly was already broadcasting his extraterrestrial experience as no American astronaut had ever done before. ‘Touchdown!’ Scott Kelly returns to Earth with a fist-pump and a cult following. 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Aerojet won a U.S. air force contract last month to work on standards to create 3D printed rocket engines. Air New Zealand to use 3D printing to create aircraft cocktail trays 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Russia has taken the lead in electronic warfare, even as the U.S. continues to rely on Russian rocket engines to launch satellites and the Soyuz capsule to transport American astronauts to the international space station. Tech-Challenged Pentagon Searches for a Silicon Ally 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Movement of vehicles, construction and other activities suggested test preparations for a rocket engine test soon, Bermudez said. North Korea activity points to possible space launch - U.S. officials 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z This record weight of 48,361 pounds may have contributed to strain on rocket engines or the shuttle's structure. From the Archives: First U.S. Space-Flight Disaster Stuns Nation 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Just last week, the company published a video of the Dragon crew spacecraft successfully hovering in place using the eight built-in SuperDraco rocket engines. SpaceX successfully tests parachutes that will help bring astronauts back to Earth 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Not long after, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015, which was filled language that forbade the Air Force from dealing with "Russian suppliers of rocket engines" for its launches. John McCain is trying stop the military from using Russian rocket engines again 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Air Force is reviewing a long-term deal with United Launch Alliance LLC after the joint venture declined to bid on launching a military satellite last year, citing a lack of suitable rocket engines. Pentagon Reviews Rocket Launch Deal After ULA Didn’t Bid 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z It is developing a more powerful rocket engine, with testing expected to begin this year, Bezos said. Blue Origin launches and lands sub-orbital rocket for second time 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z The company is working on a more powerful rocket engine, with testing slated to begin this year, Bezos said. Jeff Bezos' space company successfully re-flies, lands rocket 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Aerojet said it would draw upon its extensive experience with 3-D printing, or additive manufacturing, to draw up the standards that would be used to qualify 3-D printed rocket engine components for flight. Aerojet wins U.S. contract to set standard for 3-D printed rocket engines 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The provision allowed commercial space companies to buy and use Russian rocket engines, which had previously been banned. John McCain is trying stop the military from using Russian rocket engines again 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Entire rocket engines are lurking around up there. Video: Watch 60 years of space junk accumulate in 1 minute 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Right now, ULA will lose the military's business — its main source of income — if it doesn't update its rocket engines. US alternative to banned Russian rocket engine passes critical review 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z ULA has already withdrawn from bidding for a future military satellite launch, citing the rocket engine ban. John McCain threatening not to support budget bill over rocket engine provision 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Air Force to define the standards that will be used to qualify components made using 3-D printing for use in liquid-fueled rocket engine applications. Aerojet wins U.S. contract to set standard for 3-D printed rocket engines 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Russian Rockets A single paragraph in the bill will allow the United States to use Russian-made rocket engines to launch military satellites. 10 Most Surprising Things in the Omnibus Spending Bill 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z It takes a lot of energy for humans to leave the ground — very strong legs for short leaps, and rocket engines for big ones. Water’s Big (and Then Bigger) Bounce 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z “The presence of TCE is attributed to its use to clean the rocket engines and possibly the fuel tank of impurities after readiness exercises,” a 2002 Army Corps report reads. Progress slow on cleaning up former nuke sites 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z The provision would lift a controversial ban that prohibits the US Air Force from using Russian rocket engines to launch its satellites. John McCain threatening not to support budget bill over rocket engine provision 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z New rocket engine designs like the AR1 are increasingly using 3-D printing technology because it reduces the amount of time and money required for the engines. Aerojet wins U.S. contract to set standard for 3-D printed rocket engines 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Those missions will use different capsules and a larger version of the same rocket engine that powers suborbital New Shepard, which is intended to continue launching from the Van Horn, Texas, facility. Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Succeeds in Landing Spent Rocket Back on Earth 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Last week, the self-confessed space geek put on display a refurbished Saturn V rocket engine. Bezos spaceship makes second flight - BBC News 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The vehicle is powered by reusable rocket engines that run on kerosene and liquid oxygen. From driverless cars to jetpacks: meet the tech innovators reshaping transit 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015, which included language forbidding the Air Force from dealing with "Russian suppliers of rocket engines" for its launches. John McCain threatening not to support budget bill over rocket engine provision 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z It would be powered by the Sabre, for Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine, which mixes standard aircraft turbine technology with rocket engine components. BAE Systems Invests In Reaction Engines 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z According to court records, the fire was triggered by a device that consisted of an electric timer, a model rocket engine and a tube holding explosives. Man convicted of starting fire at county attorney’s office 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Air Force competition to launch a GPS satellite unless it gets some relief from a ban on use of Russian rocket engines. ULA needs relief on Russian engines before GPS launch bid: CEO 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Air Force competition to launch a GPS satellite unless it received some relief from a ban on use of Russian rocket engines. ULA needs relief on Russian engines before GPS launch bid: CEO 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z At that point, rocket engines would kick in for a controlled landing. How Will We Get Off Mars? 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Rocket Lab uses battery-powered rocket engines that are cheaper than traditional engines and are quickly created using 3D printers. Moon Express contracts Rocket Lab for launches to land spacecraft on the moon 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The new Florida facility will include a rebuilt launch pad, a facility for performing acceptance tests of the new BE-4 rocket engine, and a processing facility for manufacturing, integrating and prepping vehicles for flight. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Will Launch Rockets and Spaceships from Florida 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z He said Blue Origin's BE-4 rocket engine, which is being developed through a partnership between Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance, also would be tested in Florida. A quest to rule the universe? Amazon's Jeff Bezos expands his rocket plans 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The company will also test its BE-4 rocket engine at the Florida launch site. It’s Jeff Bezos Vs. Elon Musk and Richard Branson—In Space 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The booster contains Blue Origin's BE-3 rocket engine, which will propel the crew capsule to the edge of space. Blue Origin announces Florida facility where it will build and launch rockets 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z If successful, the deal would create a new large firm that builds both rockets and rocket engines. Aerojet makes $2 billion offer for Lockheed-Boeing joint venture: sources 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Today, the space agency will test one of the rocket's engines — the RS-25, which the agency calls "the Ferrari of rocket engines" — monitoring its performance and looking for problems along the way. Watch NASA test 'the Ferrari of rocket engines' at 5PM ET 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z The Marshall Center has used additive manufacturing to build and test rocket engine components and manufacture the first 3D printed parts aboard the International Space Station. Auburn University signs Space Act Agreement with NASA 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z The spacecraft had just been released from its carrier aircraft and had fired up its onboard rocket engine when an in-flight anomaly caused the vehicle to seemingly explode. NTSB reveals cause of Virgin Galactic’s deadly SpaceShipTwo crash 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z SpaceShipTwo was more than 10 miles high on a test flight when it disintegrated seconds after it fired its rocket engines. NTSB to announce cause of fatal Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo crash 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z But Rocket Lab’s vision is bigger than just a spaceport; the company made headlines earlier this year when it introduced the concept for its Rutherford engine — the first rocket engine to incorporate battery power. World’s first commercial launch pad to open in New Zealand 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Given the tensions, the Air Force is continuing its effort to reduce U.S. reliance on Russian RD-180 rocket engines for military and intelligence satellite launches, James said. Russia is biggest threat to American national security, says US air force chief 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The ability to reuse rocket engines, which are typically discarded into the ocean, would dramatically lower the cost of spaceflight. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is on a roll, but here’s why the pressure is really on 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z There, SpaceShipTwo will separate from the White Knight Two and fire its liquid / solid hybrid rocket engine. NTSB reveals cause of Virgin Galactic’s deadly SpaceShipTwo crash 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Air Force competition to develop a rocket propulsion system to end dependence on Russian rocket engines drew broad response from companies, the Air Force said on Friday. U.S. Air Force mulls plans to replace Russian rocket engines 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Energomash, the Russian company that makes the rocket engines, emerged from the old Soviet space program and formed a partnership with Lockheed Martin in the early 1990s to develop new technologies. Pentagon Seeks Easing of Ban on Russian Rockets for U.S. Space Missions 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Could physicists eventually build a rocket engine that doesn't require fuel? The Weekender: Rats, self-driving semi-trucks and NASA's 'impossible engine' 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z No immediate reaction was available from McCain, but he has been critical of continued use of the Russian rocket engines, citing concerns about the cost and reports Russia is inflating its prices. Pentagon, U.S. spy chief urge use of more Russian rocket engines 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z The Pentagon is scrambling to comply with a U.S. law that bans use after 2019 of the Russian RD-180 rocket engine that fuels the Atlas 5 rocket for military and intelligence satellite launches. Aerojet Rocketdyne, others look at keeping Atlas 5 rocket in use 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The so-called launch abort system includes eight rocket engines built into the capsule’s walls that will blast the craft up and away from the pad. Watch Live: SpaceX to launch dummy in key test 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z “Certainly we cannot have Vladimir Putin and his cronies profit from the sale of rocket engines,” Mr. McCain said at a news conference last month. Pentagon Seeks Easing of Ban on Russian Rockets for U.S. Space Missions 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z It is powered by Blue Origin's BE-3 rocket engine, which generates 110,000 pounds of thrust and is fueled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Jeff Bezos Co. Launches Surprise Test of Private Spaceship 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s lobbying muscle probably does not make the process of standing up competition to Russian monopoly rocket engines, particularly faster or easier. Behind Anti-Satellite Threat Highlighted By '60 Minutes' Are U.S. Defense Spending Scandals 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The Hawthorne-based company hopes to one day be able to reuse the first stage booster, which includes the nine rocket engines needed to blast the capsule to orbit. SpaceX launches cargo ship to space station but fails to land booster 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z But the key feature that distinguishes it from other rocket engines is that it uses a battery to power brushless DC motors in the turbopump. Rocket Lab Unveils A 3D-Printed, Battery-Powered Rocket Engine 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Watching the launch from nearby and feeling the roar of the Soyuz’s rocket engines, I thought of how the first manned American space flight lasted only 30 minutes. Mark Kelly: My twin brother Scott just blasted off for a year in space 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z It will be powered by the company's more powerful BE-4 rocket engine. Jeff Bezos Co. Launches Surprise Test of Private Spaceship 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Those companies may have to construct a new launchpad and rocket booster, which will be time-consuming, said an expert familiar with the Air Force’s search for contractors willing to build the replacement rocket engine. Air Force suspected of intentionally delaying rocket to thwart lawmakers 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z SpaceX plans to respond to the request, which indicated the Air Force might kick off a multibillion-dollar competition for 28 launches of government satellites, instead of focusing narrowly on development of a new rocket engine. SpaceX sees U.S. approval for rocket launches by June 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Turbopumps are what propel fuel into the combustion chamber of a rocket engine at the correct flow rate and pressure. Rocket Lab Unveils A 3D-Printed, Battery-Powered Rocket Engine 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z So continuing to rely on Russian rocket engines to launch U.S. spy satellites, missile-warning systems, and other spacecraft vital to national security is a non-starter. Why Aerojet Will Win The Race To Replace Russian Rocket Engines 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Wouldn’t it be better to invest in electric cars and rocket engines? A Better Business Than Buffet's? 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Josh Hartman, a managing partner at consultant group Renaissance Strategic Advisors, said the Air Force has likely presented contractors with an extended time frame for building a replacement rocket engine because it has other priorities. Air Force suspected of intentionally delaying rocket to thwart lawmakers 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Air Force officials told lawmakers this week that they would likely miss the 2019 deadline given the complexity of developing a new rocket engine. Exclusive: U.S. Air Force eyes 28 launches, shared investment for next rockets 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z “Typically a rocket engine takes months,” said Beck. Rocket Lab Unveils A 3D-Printed, Battery-Powered Rocket Engine 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Air Force needs a new rocket engine, and fast. Why Aerojet Will Win The Race To Replace Russian Rocket Engines 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z U.S. lawmakers and military officials last year began to question U.S. reliance on Russian rocket engines for launching U.S. national security satellites after Russia annexed Crimea. Air Force seeks rethink of 2019 deadline for new U.S. rocket engine 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z And Jeffrey Bezos’s Blue Origin recently announced it would be teaming up with the United Launch Alliance to build a rocket engine to launch national security satellites. Americans want rich guys like Elon Musk to pay for space travel — not taxpayers 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z One would fire its rocket engines and blast into space with the satellite. Virgin Galactic to build Long Beach plant 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The acceleration, is much more modest than with a rocket engine. Best-Ever Photo of Dwarf Planet Ceres 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z With regard to the politics, congressional concern about reliance on Russian rocket engines is not going away. Why Aerojet Will Win The Race To Replace Russian Rocket Engines 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z The resultant photos provided information on the Soviet bombers and missile and rocket engine factories. Lessons from Eisenhower’s secret U-2 spy missions 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The failure, attributed to a faulty engine, raised questions about the company’s use of decades-old Russian rocket engines mothballed during the Cold War. Sen. Kaine tours site of catastrophic rocket explosion 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The Mars mission was a gamble, but it caused less heartache than the ISRO's work on a cryogenic rocket engine that had failed during a launch in 2010 and finally succeeded this year. 365 days: Nature's 10 SpaceX, also known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., designs and manufactures its own rocket engines at its factory in Hawthorne near Los Angeles International Airport. Congress OKs bill banning purchases of Russian-made rocket engines 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The rocket engines powering the first stage of the Atlas V launch vehicle are very reliable. Why Aerojet Will Win The Race To Replace Russian Rocket Engines 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z He said the firm was also making plans to eventually stop using the Russian rocket engines. SpaceX may upset firm's monopoly in launching Air Force satellites 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The failure raised questions about the potential impact on Orbital’s finances and its reliance on Soviet-era rocket engines, which caused the explosion. ATK to move ahead with Orbital Sciences merger plan Though SpaceShipTwo had flown dozens of times, last month's fatal test flight was only the fourth time it had fired its rocket engines. Virgin Galactic CEO vows to continue space tourism venture 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z And it calls on the secretary of defense to develop "a next-generation" rocket engine by 2019 that would be "made in the United States." Congress OKs bill banning purchases of Russian-made rocket engines 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z A failure in a Soviet-era rocket engine most likely caused the spectacular fireball last week that destroyed a rocket carrying cargo for the International Space Station, the manufacturer of the rocket said Wednesday. Soviet-Era Engine Is Blamed for Antares Rocket Explosion 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Three days later, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo broke apart just after its rocket engines ignited during a test flight over the Mojave Desert. SpaceX may upset firm's monopoly in launching Air Force satellites 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Speculation focused on to the refurbished Soviet rocket engines Orbital was using, and in a conference call today, Orbital CEO David Thompson confirmed that the speculation was probably right. Orbital says its Soviet engine probably made its rocket explode 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z SpaceShipTwo broke apart just seconds after igniting its rocket engine for a test outing above California on Friday. Spaceship pilots' actions analysed 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Using video footage from inside the cockpit as well as telemetry data, investigators found that the co-pilot unlocked the “feathering” handle nine seconds after the rocket engine ignited. After deadly crash, Richard Branson says space travel still worth risk 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z SpaceShipTwo tore apart Friday after the craft detached from the underside of its jet-powered mother ship and fired its rocket engine for a test flight. Spaceship's Descent Device Deployed Prematurely 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The Boeing-Lockheed venture relies on subcontractors, including to build its rocket engines. SpaceX may upset firm's monopoly in launching Air Force satellites 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Scaled Composites, which designed and built SpaceShipTwo along with the Spaceship Co., also in Mojave, is renowned in the aerospace industry for building novel aircraft — but not rocket engines. Fatal Virgin Galactic crash raises serious safety issues 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Much of the investigation is expected to focus around SpaceShipTwo's rocket engine, which is designed to propel the craft to more than 60 miles above Earth. Crash, pilot's death hit home for commercial space industry 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z The Virgin probe will likely will focus on SpaceShipTwo’s rocket engine, which on Friday was flying with a new type of fuel for the first time, experts said. Branson determined to find cause of Virgin spaceship crash, pilots identified 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Initial speculation was that an explosion occurred but Hart said the fuel and oxidizer tanks and rocket engine were found and showed no sign of being burned through or breached. Spaceship's Descent Device Deployed Prematurely 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Earlier in October, the space ship successfully performed an unpowered flight where it glided without igniting its rocket engine. 'Tough day' for space travel as Virgin Galactic's spaceship crashes 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z That craft then dropped the winged spaceship, which would glide for a few seconds before its rocket engine would fire. Deadly explosion of Virgin Galactic spaceship rattles budding industry SpaceShipTwo had previously fired its rocket engine in flight only once this year, and that was way back in January. Will crash set back space tourism? 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Like its predecessor, SpaceShipTwo takes flight beneath a jet-powered aeroplane, then detaches itself and fires its rocket engines to gain altitude. Crash of Virgin Galactic vehicle kills one 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Virgin Galactic successfully performed an unpowered "glide flight" earlier in this month without igniting the rocket engine. Virgin Galactic's Passenger Spacecraft Crashes During Test Flight 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z One possibility is the presence of a flaw in the Antares, whose engines are modified versions of a Soviet rocket engine developed in the nineteen-sixties. The Antares Explosion: Confronting the Inevitable Risks of Space Travel 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z An unmanned NASA-contracted rocket powered by a Soviet-era Russian rocket engine exploded Tuesday night along the northeastern Virginia coast, flaring into a massive fireball shortly after it launched from Wallops Flight Facility. Rocket contracted by NASA explodes after Virginia launch 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Future supplies of the rocket engines became a concern this year when Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin threatened to stop shipments. California lawmakers criticize Pentagon's purchase of Russian rockets 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Imagine instead a laser-centering machine that heats up and fuses together successive layers of powdered metals—inconel alloys, grades of steel, titanium, aluminum—to construct simpler rocket engine components. NASA Is 3D-Printing a Better Rocket 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z It takes a lot longer to work through all the steps of designing, developing, testing, integrating and certifying a next-generation rocket engine. The Bezos Effect: ULA Use Of Blue Origin Rocket Engines Would Mean Big Changes 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Bruno said a typical liquid-fueled rocket engine takes seven years and $1 billion to develop, but Blue Origin is already several years along on the BE-4. Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to supply engines for national security space launches Blue Origin is currently developing what it calls the BE-3 rocket engine for flights of its planned New Shephard space capsule. Reports: Boeing To Beat Out SpaceX For NASA Contract - Thanks To Jeff Bezos 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The Air Force recently asked American companies to offer suggestions on developing a new rocket engine to replace the RD-180, he said. California lawmakers criticize Pentagon's purchase of Russian rockets 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z A conventional rocket engine injector may be comprised of a hundred different pieces, making it costly to assemble. NASA Is 3D-Printing a Better Rocket 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z If Moscow continues its provocations in Ukraine and elsewhere, that will undoubtedly impact the sense of urgency about finding new rocket engines to help launch sensitive payloads. The Bezos Effect: ULA Use Of Blue Origin Rocket Engines Would Mean Big Changes 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Boeing would benefit from development of a new U.S. alternate rocket engine, since its commercial crew capsule would also be launched by the Atlas 5 rocket, industry officials said. Boeing-Lockheed venture said teaming with Bezos on rocket engine 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Another upcoming test will evaluate a 3D-printout of an even more complex piece of machinery: the fuel turbopump that serves as the heart of a rocket engine. NASA to send 3D printer into space 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Instead, rocket engines provide the push, relying on the same action-reaction principle rockets use in space. China's Supersonic Submarine: Not Gonna' Happen 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Monday's to-do list includes taking samples of residue on the outside of some of Zvezda’s windows and setting up an experiment to measure how plumes from rocket engine burns may be impacting parts of station. Cosmonauts head outside space station for satellite launch, research 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is also developing 3-D-printed rocket engines for low-cost launch vehicles for carrying small satellites into space. SpaceX is launching rockets made with parts produced by a 3-D printer 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z So Bezos organized a team to search for and recover the original Saturn V rocket engines that powered Apollo. Billionaire Jeff Bezos Talks About His Secret Passion: Space Travel 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z It is Russia that now builds the critical, core rocket engines central to the United States’ national security satellite missions handled by private industry, not NASA. In the Generation Since the Moon Landing, NASA Has Dropped the Ball 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z There, the rocket engine work continued, with the work here contributing to NASA’s rocket program. For Simsbury man, it was rocket science 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z Congress is considering bills that include between $25 million and $250 million to assess options and begin work on a new rocket engine. U.S. Air Force seeking bids to launch spy satellite 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The bill would provide $25 million to fund a competition to develop a new domestic rocket engine. Senate panel doubles money for Israel's Iron Dome 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z At that point, the vehicle was dropped from the balloon and its rocket engine fired, taking it to an altitude of about 180,000 feet at about Mach 4. NASA Successfully Tests Its Own 'Flying Saucer' 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z If the federal government ultimately decides to buy the idea, it would mark a return to the ingenuity of the rocket engine manufacturing business that helped pioneer space exploration. Political turmoil could give California rocket firm edge over Russians 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Here is a man who built the first bipropellant throttleable rocket engine, who once met Neil Armstrong, who lived in Houston, Arizona and California. For Simsbury man, it was rocket science 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z Experts estimate it would cost around $1 billion and five years to develop a new U.S.-built rocket engine. Pentagon says mulling options to replace Russian rocket motors 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Why do American spy satellites rely on Russian rocket engines? New study says NASA will land people on Mars about the time chickens invent fusion energy Although the central planners of the Soviet Union struggled to create simple consumer goods, they excelled at ordering up large things like military weaponry and rocket engines. Russia makes sturdy, reliable rocket engines — and U.S. spy and military agencies need them badly “Domestic competition using American rocket engines is available,” the lawsuit states. Mired in controversy, U.S. rocket blasts off on secret mission 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Shelton declined comment on the report, but said he favored starting work on a U.S. rocket engine to help shore up the industrial base and reduce reliance on foreign-supplied parts. U.S. Air Force says working hard to certify SpaceX rockets 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z The government and Aerojet have already invested in relevant technologies, and the techniques associated with fabricating more efficient rocket engines are well understood. Jettisoning Russia: A Four-Part Plan That Assures U.S. Access To Space 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z "Most people don't realise just how advanced and powerful Russian rocket engines are," says Harvey. Russia halts rocket exports to US, hitting space and military programmes 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z American spy satellites and classified military spacecraft are routinely launched into orbit with help from Russian rocket engines developed in the Soviet era. Russia makes sturdy, reliable rocket engines — and U.S. spy and military agencies need them badly Russia, stung by U.S. export bans, countered with a ban of its own on sales of rocket engines that would be used to launch U.S. military satellites. Mired in controversy, U.S. rocket blasts off on secret mission 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The company said it has contingency plans, including a two-year inventory of engines, which “would enable a smooth transition to our other rocket, Delta, which has all U.S.-produced rocket engines.” Feud between SpaceX and ULA grows more intense The U.S. needs to develop a new generation of rocket engines that can match the efficiency of Russian offerings, but that will take time — four to five years at least. Jettisoning Russia: A Four-Part Plan That Assures U.S. Access To Space 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The deputy premier also said Russia intends to sell rocket engines to the United States only upon guarantees that they will not be used for military purposes. Russia aims to end space station participation in 2020 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z U.S. military officials and space-industry experts say it’s high time the United States had an industrial base that produced rocket engines that can do what the Russian engines do. Russia makes sturdy, reliable rocket engines — and U.S. spy and military agencies need them badly The export of RD-180 rocket engines for the Atlas vehicles is worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year to the Russian space industry. Ukraine crisis sends a chill into orbit 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Russia will also bar the US from buying Russian rocket engines that would be used to launch military satellites, Rogozin said. Russia will cut off US access to the International Space Station over Ukraine sanctions 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z The preliminary injunction does not extend to any purchase orders placed or money paid to Russian rocket engine maker NPO Energomash prior to the date of the order. SpaceX wins injunction to stop USAF buying Russian rocket engines 2014-05-01T08:17:45Z Air Force Undersecretary Eric Fanning told lawmakers last month the United States has enough rocket engines to support launches well into 2016. Lawmakers seek end to U.S. reliance on Russian rocket engine 2014-04-30T21:20:17Z The creation of powerful rocket engines in the United States could take several years at least. Russia makes sturdy, reliable rocket engines — and U.S. spy and military agencies need them badly One possible means of accomplishing this is through the use of cryogenic liquid bipropellant rocket engines. Penn State Aims For The Moon With Its Lunar Lion Lander 2014-01-22T22:38:00Z In the test, the rocket engine injector generated 10 times more thrust than any injector made from 3D printing in the past. What Can 3D Printing Do? Here Are 6 Creative Examples 2013-10-08T15:25:00Z Lawmakers on Wednesday called for a program to develop a next-generation liquid-fuel rocket engine within five years, proposing legislation aimed at reducing U.S. dependence on Russian engines to launch military and spy satellites. SpaceX wins injunction to stop USAF buying Russian rocket engines 2014-05-01T08:17:45Z Senators also raised concerns about U.S. dependence on Russian rocket engines at a hearing Wednesday and said they would press for work on an alternate engine. Lawmakers seek end to U.S. reliance on Russian rocket engine 2014-04-30T21:20:17Z They propose the use of a vehicle powered by a radioisotope thermal rocket engine. Mars hopper concept 'is feasible' 2013-09-24T11:13:43Z North Korea successfully launched a long-range rocket in December New satellite images of North Korea indicate that it probably tested a long-range rocket engine in August, a US think tank says. N Korea 'tested rocket engine' 2013-09-23T10:46:25Z The rocket engine was activated for a 20 second burn, pushing the ship past mach 1.4. Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Succeeds In Second Rocket-Powered Flight 2013-09-05T21:10:00Z Innovations like 3-D printing provide new cost-effective capabilities for the U.S. space industry and lead to more efficient manufacturing of rocket engines, saving American companies time and money. NASA Tests 3D Printed Rocket Engine Injector 2013-08-30T09:28:00Z Instead of parachutes, the rocket engines on the first stage would fire again after separating from the second stage, and the first stage would fly back to the launching pad. Latest SpaceX Rocket Test Successfully Goes Sideways 2013-08-15T17:42:31Z What happens to the rocket engines after the Space Shuttle gets detached?When there are so many problems here on earth, should so much money be spent on manned space exploration? Will We Ever Have Star Trek-Style Spacesuits For Our Astronauts? 2013-05-24T15:06:09Z The only element that remains a liquid at absolute zero temperature, helium is indispensable for cooling the superconducting magnets in MRI machines, purging rocket engines, and performing low-temperature physics experiments. U.S. Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Helium Bill 2013-05-07T22:25:00Z The main reason for this is the tiny rocket engines and the repulsor beams. How Close Are We To A Real Iron Man Suit? 2013-05-03T15:38:44Z The chassis will be subjected to some fairly high temperatures when we run the jet and rocket engines, so the bonding agent needs to be a high-temperature glue. Bloodhound diary: Sticky and hot 2013-05-01T09:00:08Z The vehicle was dropped from a carrier aircraft high above the Mojave Desert in California before its rocket engines were lit. 'Space trip' plane flies for first time 2013-04-29T16:06:41Z The vehicle was dropped from a carrier aircraft high above California's Mojave Desert and ignited its rocket engine to produce a short period of thrust. Spaceship ignites engine in flight 2013-04-29T15:02:57Z The competition, which takes off today at SxSW, is for budding rocket scientists to design open source rocket engines capable to cheaply delivering small payloads into low Earth orbit. Competition For The Best 3-D Printed Rocket Engine Launches Today 2013-03-08T18:10:41Z SpaceX has taken precautions to avoid an engine anomaly that caused one of the Falcon 9's nine Merlin rocket engines to shut down during the October liftoff. SpaceX Dragon Capsule Suffers Glitch After Launch to Space Station 2013-03-01T22:15:08.773Z Of course, that’s to say nothing of the department’s many military technologies, such as aircraft nearly invisible to radar, unmanned autonomous aerial vehicles, and interplanetary rocket engines. Secrets of Darpa's Innovation Machine 2013-02-15T17:54:09Z “Russian rocket engines are the best in the world, 40 to 50 years ahead of other countries,” Harvey said. South Korea goes to space 2013-01-30T15:57:00Z The rocket engine is similar to the ones used in fighter jet typhoon planes. Rocket tests for 1,000 mph car 2012-10-03T06:40:44Z Additionally, the teams won’t only be competing for prizes – they’ll be providing a launching point for talking about ideal designs for 3D printed rocket engines. Competition For The Best 3-D Printed Rocket Engine Launches Today 2013-03-08T18:10:41Z For those tests, Virgin will be testing the aerodynamics of its SpaceShipTwo with its rocket engine fully installed. Virgin's Top Frequent Flier Gets To Fly For Free - Into Space 2012-08-30T15:18:41Z The ship also began warming up rocket engines that will be used in final descent and landing maneuvers. Mars rover Curiosity nears make-or-break landing attempt 2012-08-06T00:27:54Z Two months later, a companion lander bit the dust - literally - when its rocket engines apparently shut down too early, causing the probe to crash to the ground. History littered with failed Mars probes 2012-08-02T22:57:54Z He said he did not expect much objection to the deal since it would "immediately strengthen competition, by creating two strong competitors for liquid and solid rocket engines," the combined Aerojet-Rocketdyne business and Alliant Techsystems. UPDATE 1-GenCorp to pay $550 mln for United Tech's Rocketdyne 2012-07-23T12:46:57Z For Volvo, the world's number two truck maker, the sale completes an exit from an activity – jet and rocket engine manufacturing – no longer seen as central to its operations. GKN's shares soar as it buys Volvo's aircraft engine business 2012-07-05T17:44:09Z The next step includes testing the aerodynamics of SpaceShipTwo with its rocket engine fully installed. FAA Grants Clearance For Virgin Galactic Test Flights 2012-05-31T05:21:43Z Once separated, the spaceship's rocket engine will fire to blast it into the sky. FAA clears Virgin Galactic spaceship for test flights 2012-05-30T23:14:13Z There were many old rocket engines on display at the museum, accompanied by monitors playing films of rocket launches. Big Data Wizardry: Pay Attention To What's Behind The Curtain 2012-02-24T00:31:14Z United Technologies is also proceeding with an effort to find a buyer for Rocketdyne, a maker of rocket engines for civilian and military missions, the people said. United Technologies Is Said to Weigh Sale of Pumps Division 2012-02-08T23:24:38Z A new propulsion system for going to Mars would likely call for reviving old technology — nuclear-powered rocket engines that were originally developed in the 1950s. Political Science: For a Moon Colony, Technology Is the Easy Part 2012-01-27T22:27:40Z “The Spaceship program is making steady progress, and we are all looking forward to lighting the vehicle’s rocket engine in flight for the first time,” said Doug Shane, president of Scaled in the release. FAA Grants Clearance For Virgin Galactic Test Flights 2012-05-31T05:21:43Z We’re developing new kinds of rocket engines to get us to Mars in record time. Newt for President -- of the Moon 2012-01-27T10:06:20Z Randall was part of a team led by rocket pioneer Robert Goddard who developed liquid Jet Assist Take Off rocket engines, a key element for spaceflights to the moon. New Mexico-born rocket scientist Lowell Randall dies; helped develop Redstone rocket engines 2012-01-06T17:08:48Z Russian engineers traced the problem to contamination in a fuel line, which prevented the rocket engine from firing. Multinational crew blasts off for space station 2011-12-21T13:26:00Z But the rocket engine intended to boost the spacecraft into a higher orbit failed. Off the Beam: Did a U.S. Radar Research Station Disable Russia's Phobos Probe? 2011-12-14T12:15:00.207Z The venturi magically converted a stream of gas to a rocket engine. The Relentless Pursuit of Magical Energy 2011-10-28T04:27:45Z The first stage is an elongated shuttle fuel tank, and it would use the same rocket engines as the shuttles. NASA Unveils New Rocket Design 2011-09-15T06:08:07Z The first stage would essentially be an elongated shuttle fuel tank, and it would use the same rocket engines. NASA Unveils New Rocket Design 2011-09-14T17:45:20Z Astronauts will abandon the International Space Station, probably in mid-November, if rocket engine problems that doomed a Russian cargo ship last week are not diagnosed and fixed. Troubles May Drive Astronauts From Space Station 2011-08-29T21:52:02Z How the computer freaks are going to get into space is being explained by a man in his late twenties, leading a session on "solid rocket engines" in Hangar 1. Hanging With Hackers: Inside Germany's Great 'Geek' Convention 2011-08-20T05:20:00Z But flying an integrated air-breathing and rocket engine brings unique challenges. UK spaceplane passes key review 2011-05-24T07:04:34Z The power unit, one of three onboard the shuttle, provides hydraulic power to move rocket engine nozzles, adjust flight surfaces and lower the shuttle's landing gear. NASA repairs shuttle problem and sets May 16 launch 2011-05-09T21:54:16Z Korolev qualified as a pilot and began designing gliders to which he added rocket engines. Sergei Korolev: the rocket genius behind Yuri Gagarin 2011-03-13T00:05:08Z When they are released, they are no longer driven by the rocket engines. Gravity, by George Gamow [Special Archive Article] 2011-03-04T13:45:00.433Z Its engineers are working to finish the rocket engine that will power the small spaceship, he said. New Mexico?s Bet on Space Tourism Hits Economic Snag 2011-02-23T21:05:40Z From a list that included the Model T Ford, the V2 rocket engine and penicillin, voters plumped for the X-ray machine. Celebrating the magic of X-rays 2010-10-26T15:00:00Z In the latest test, SpaceShipTwo did not fire its rocket engine to climb to space. Rocket makes glide flight in next step toward space tourism 2010-10-10T23:26:00Z Solid rocket motors are also much simpler in design, with fewer parts to break than liquid fuel rocket engines. NASA Tests Engine With an Uncertain Future 2010-08-30T21:30:00Z These will use Merlin engines, designed at SpaceX, that Musk claims cost a quarter as much as traditional rocket engines. The dotcom millionaires launching their own private space race 2010-03-21T00:06:00Z Mr. Musk points out that SpaceX already manufactures more rocket engines than all other companies in the United States combined, and SpaceX may surpass Russia’s output this year. 2010-02-15T21:21:00Z With a whoosh, the squat craft lifted on its rockets, its jet-driven fan carried it up, folded, and the rocket engine took over. The Secret of the Ninth Planet He was looking into the stationary rocket engine. Acid Bath A double coating of Sally's Paint then covered the hulls and a single stage liquid fuel rocket engine was hooked to the less-than-one-ton engineless hull. Make Mine Homogenized The high heats achieved in the rocket engine can, perhaps, be utilized to produce desired products that would be lost by slow cooling. The Practical Values of Space Exploration Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second Session Now it is the manufacturing area for giant 12-foot-wide cylinders for rocket stages, rocket engines and the Dragon capsule that is to be used first for cargo and later for astronauts. 2010-02-15T21:21:00Z Astro, the power-deck cadet who could "take apart a rocket engine and put it back together again with his thumbs," thundered below to the atomic rockets he loved more than anything else in the universe. The Revolt on Venus Second, our military missile program, going forward so successfully, does not suffer from our present lack of very large rocket engines, which are so necessary in distant space exploration. State of the Union Address The sharp hiss of fuel being forced into the rocket engines rose above the whine of the pumps, and the ship trembled. The Revolt on Venus Third, the United States is pressing forward in the development of large rocket engines to place much heavier vehicles into space for exploration purposes. State of the Union Address |
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