January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
... could be divided as follows - 64 percent mass of water equivalent hydrogen (WEH) trapped in the CO2-rich northern polar cap; 32 to... is still consumed for the production of breathing oxygen while hydrogen is dumped to space. A study of the water needs...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
... it can detect movements smaller than the diameter of a hydrogen atom. The six sensors are split into two types ... sensitive it can detect movements smaller than the diameter of a hydrogen atom One central aspect that will help explain why Mars is the...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
... m tall with a diameter of 71 cm and weighs 2.3 tonnes when fully fuelled at launch. Its main engine, Skyforce, burns hydrogen peroxide and kerosene propellants and produces a thrust of 30 kilonewtons (kN). The four main engine components have been...
July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
...have been 45 firings of hybrid rocket motors using either N2O or hydrogen peroxide oxidiser with HRF-1 fuel, as well as the testing of...development and test firing of the industry’s largest Hydrogen Peroxide hybrid rocket motor with the 78kN thrust G70...
08 August 2016
NASA Selects Five Projects for Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Study
...aviation aircraft. This new kind of fuel cell would take hydrogen from aviation gas and combine it with oxygen from the air...research a fuel cell system that would be able to obtain hydrogen from hydrocarbon-based aviation gas and oxygen from the air, ...
10 May 2019
Bezos unveils Moon mission with Blue Moon lander
... fuelled vehicle. The Shackleton reference in Blue Origin’s earlier tweet is tied to the lander’s power source – liquid hydrogen – and the mission’s intended destination; Shackleton crater. This important impact crater lies at the Moon’s south...
