July 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. ...
October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
...around 15 years. Given its short life to begin with, the fuel consumed for a change in orbital plane is a considerable drawback ... heating by solar input during the coast. To minimize fuel consumption for engine chill-down before the third combustion, ...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
...hellish combustion temperatures and pressures (often in excess of 3500 Celsius and hundreds of atmospheres) characteristic of high-energy fuels and oxidisers such as hydrogen and oxygen (as used in the Space Shuttle main engine, for example). Another...
08 August 2016
NASA Selects Five Projects for Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Study
...antennae only create more problems, such as increased drag, fuel use and emissions. Researchers are hoping to create a flexible... it to conform to the aircraft contours and decrease drag, fuel use and emissions. One of the key aspects of this antenna...
08 February 2019
New Orbex rocket revealed
...fuselage lengths to accommodate them. Propane is the only fuel which can be readily tanked in this way, surrounded ... with Calor for supply of the bio-propane fuel required, a clean-burning renewable fuel source that cuts carbon emissions by 90 percent...
