Eco-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels are venturing beyond Earth—and into space.
Most liquid-fuel rocket engines require a secondary combustion chamber to which some fuel is diverted; the exhaust gas is shot through a turbine to pump fuel and oxygen into the main chamber.
The newly tested engines could power a variety of space projects. China's state-owned main space contractor tested five different rocket engines ... an upper-stage liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen ...
When a liquid-fuel rocket takes off ... So far, the system has been tested only in an experimental rocket engine on the ground. But if it can be developed, the Navy’s feed mechanism could ...
The SpaceX Falcon 9's Merlin engines use rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) fuel with liquid oxygen as the oxidizer. NASA's Space Launch System is based on liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer.
A California-based company, SpinLaunch, is making waves with its innovative satellite launch system, drawing particular ...
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day ... innovations peripheral to the rocket engine itself. There are alternatives to ...
BEIJING -- Delivery of China's liquid oxygen kerosene engine, named Liqing-2, has been completed, its developer CAS Space ...