07 November 2016
Solid oxygen to blame for SpaceX explosion
...September in Cape Canaveral and the culprit is solid oxygen. SpaceX has achieved many successes this year, however...to solve” Musk said that the explosion was caused by supercooled liquid oxygen becoming so cold that it turned into a solid - a process ...
18 December 2017
Prometheus to power future European launchers
...power Europe’s future launchers. Prometheus stands for Precursor Reusable Oxygen METHan cost Effective Engine, and the engine is a... as rocket fuel today are a combination of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen or highly refined kerosene (RP-1). SpaceX ...
05 July 2021
Hope probe catches striking pictures of auroras at Mars
...number of discreet auroras lit up by glowing atomic oxygen high up in the Martian night sky, have been...deposits of magnetised minerals in the planetary crust. The ions strike oxygen atoms causing a shimmering colourful glowing halo to dance across the...
15 May 2017
Electron rocket gets ready for first flight test
... flight structure. Not only does the rocket benefit from an entirely new propulsion cycle that utilises an oxygen/kerosene pump fed engine, it is also made entirely from 3D printed components. The engine itself can be printed...
17 July 2017
New company seeks to shake-up satellite launch industry
... in Washington, DC, Tim Ellis Relativity’s CEO said that the company had begun testing its new liquid oxygen/liquid methane rocket engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. “We are hard at work developing a series of novel, never...
20 January 2020
ESA facility begins producing oxygen out of simulated moon dust
... at Metalysis to study the process before recreating it at ESTEC. “We had to redesign the ESTEC version to be able to have the oxygen available to measure. The lab team was very helpful in getting it installed and operating safely.” At the moment...
