Sometimes all it takes is fresh air to get a new lease of life. ESA’s Proba-2 microsatellite is a good example: an influx of nitrogen has replenished its fuel tank, in the process demonstrating a ...
Solid fuel missiles are rockets that use a pre-packaged propellant mixture, as opposed to liquid-fueled missiles which require separate tanks for fuel and oxidizer. This seemingly simple difference ...
Back in 1928. Kansas City Chemist J. C. Patrick stirred up a gummy mess of sulphur, carbon and hydrogen in an attempt to find a better, cheaper antifreeze. What he got was not antifreeze but one of ...
North Korea says it has successfully tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can be launched far more quickly than the ones in its current arsenal. Experts say the missile, ...
Nicholas Dallmann is a research engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy facility. He contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The ...
For SpaceShipOne, reaching space takes three things: a pilot, a spacecraft and enough propellant to rocket away from Earth. But the fuel in SpaceShipOne's tank is about as exotic as the spacecraft's ...
(Left) Terrence Meyer, professor of mechanical engineering, uses laser diagnostics to measure solid fuels’ gas compositions after burning. (Right) Steven Son, the Alfred J. McAllister Professor of ...
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