Enlarge / An artist’s depiction of the Tianhe station module. While that’s safely in orbit, the booster that got it there isn’t in a stable orbit. (credit: Xia Yuan / Getty Images) In late April, China successfully launched a major component of its planned space station. Since then, the booster that put the component into […]
Enlarge / Starship SN15 descending back to Texas under two of its three upgraded raptor engines. Successful landing! (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) By now many readers are familiar with SpaceX’s Starship tests. The rocket makes its way skyward and performs maneuvers that seem like impossibilities to a generation raised on rockets that simply shot things to orbit. […]
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Picture in the mid-October test shooting of this E-2 rocket engine injector. Max Haot isn’t your normal rocket scientist, also Launcher isn’t your normal rocket firm. To be honest, Haot {} a rocket scientist in any respect. He is more of a movie and tech man, beginning his career from the late 1990s by conducting […]
Expand / / A BE-4 rocket engine extends evaluations in West Texas. (charge: Blue Origin) Blue Origin seems to have solved any improvement problems linked to the turbopumps in its own strong BE-4 rocket engine. United Launch Alliance chief executive Tory Bruno stated Friday that the issue has been”sorted out,” and the full scale, flight-configured […]