29 December 2021
Success so far means JWST has enough fuel to extend its science lifetime, NASA say
Following its successful launch on 25 December, and the completion of two mid-course correction manoeuvres, the JWST mission team have now determined that the observatory should have enough propellant to allow support of science operations in orbit ...
October 2015
From the kitchen… to the stars?
... allowed us to define a set of guidelines for the development of the engine and its components using LOX + LNG fuel. In 2006, we moved to the next stage of research involving the development, manufacturing and testing of engine S5.86. Its combustion...
May 2021
In-situ propellant design for Mars ascent vehicles
... Technologies Inc, Istanbul, Turkey. His expertise is the development of hybrid rocket technologies using paraffin wax-based fuels and Metal/CO2 combustion for Mars ascent vehicle propulsion systems. In addition, he has research experience in CubeSat...
July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
...developed. A small thruster, Hecht used nitrous oxide as an oxidizer in combination with aqueous methyl alcohol (28 percent methanol) fuel. It was intended for military applications. The small bipropellant engine was never used in a weapon due to two...
June 2014
X-51A Waverider, hypersonics, and the potential of airbreathing engines
...accelerated the craft to a final speed of Mach 5.1 before all fuel was exhausted and X-51A coasted to a programmed impact in the ... longlived engine that burns a petroleum-based jet fuel while surviving the intense heat and extreme aerodynamic forces...
December 2014
From the green economy to green space
... further developed (there were only five satellite launches using solid-fuel rockets) and by order of the Russian President it was ... have been mooted and developed, for example non-toxic rocket fuel, or using energy from laser rays to move rockets. ...
