October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... orbit Earth). New Shepard is powered by a liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engine, which is being adapted for use...Shepard in designing a lunar lander concept, which incorporates a liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engine to enable a soft landing. It has an ...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... far more cost-effective source of propellant (hydrogen and oxygen) to fuel a large crewed spacecraft to Mars. Former...of the 2020s. Lunar scientists estimate that the amount of oxygen and hydrogen available in the exposed lunar crust could be enough...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
... 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 problem is that rocket engines, especially large...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
... ‘producers’ and ‘decomposers’. The plants would generate oxygen for consumption by the fruit flies and the yeast would... their use as a potential food source. Plants also produce oxygen and take in carbon dioxide, which makes their contribution to the...
January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
... include propellants or power system fuels in addition to life support oxygen and water. The Trash to Gas team at NASA’s Kennedy Space...in the Space Station Processing Facility at KSC. An oxygen and steam-rich environment was created within the reactor...
January 2022
Revealing the magnetic universe
...the heliopause is not a ‘hard’ boundary since solar-system oxygen leaks through and is found in the heliosheath mixing with the ... matter enriched with elements like carbon and oxygen into intergalactic space and magnetising the intergalactic ...
