July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... launch pad with extraordinary force - windows were shattered 40 km (25 miles) away. Although certainly the worst rocketry explosion in history, there were no human fatalities. A third launch in 1971 and a fourth in 1972 also failed, and in 1974...
August 2019
Lessons from the Sun
... materials and bring the US Vietnam War to a close. Suddenly, explosions! According to US Navy records, aerial surveyors reported that more than... North America and (probably) the sea mine explosions in Southeast Asia. Before and after these episodic ...
April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
...their phones (see YouTube: Proton M rocket explosion). The fuel and refuelling systems for hydrazine are...the salt formed by these propellants is a friction-sensitive explosive, which requires significant handling effort on the ground and increases risk...
10 July 2015
ISS conference: Elon Musk, space station retirement plans, and uncertainty after 2024
...The topic that opened the conversation was the 28 June explosion of the SpaceX CRS-7 unmanned rocket. Musk spoke ... One exhibitor said that the only people asking about the explosion were journalists. “I think there’s definitely a sense of resilience...
13 July 2015
ISS Conference: 2024 plans, LEO development & how CASIS manages risk aversion
...they have encountered since the Orbital ATK Antares explosion last fall. “After Orbital Services exploded last... a week ago,” said teacher Kathy DuQuesnay, referring to an explosion on 28 June. “We’re always told the third time’s the charm.” In...
13 January 2016
High-energy theory models questioned as neutron star produces most energetic pulsed emission radiation ever detected
...-over remnant star thought to have formed by the gravitational collapse of a once massive star after a supernova explosion. This explosion was then responsible for creating the Crab nebula, a phenomena that was noted by Earth-bound chroniclers...
