NASA conducts second rocket fuel test
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Engineers were able to fully fuel NASA's Artemis II moon rocket without any signs of leaks like the ones that derailed an earlier dress rehearsal.
Liquid hydrogen fuel leaks forced NASA to delay the launch of Artemis II—the same scenario it encountered four years ago during the Artemis I mission.
Orbit Fab, a startup developing in-space refueling services, plans to work with lunar exploration company ispace on propellant harvesting and delivery. Credit: ispace and Orbit Fab SAN FRANCISCO – Orbit Fab, a startup developing in-space refueling ...
In theory, water-based propulsion systems are a low-cost, safer alternative to conventional engines. Water is easier to handle and transport and doesn’t carry the same risks as toxic propellants. The biggest advantage for deep space travel is that water can potentially be harvested in space, whether on the Moon or Mars, and converted to fuel.
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Elon Musk’s wild plan to turn CO2 into rocket fuel and rescue Earth & Mars
Elon Musk wants to turn one of the planet’s biggest problems into literal rocket fuel. His pitch is deceptively simple: capture carbon dioxide from the air, combine it with hydrogen, and feed it into the same engines that could one day carry settlers to Mars.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — The lunar lander built in Pittsburgh is still operating after a propellant leak started when the spacecraft separated from a rocket Monday, but the company that built it says it’s not going to be able to land on the moon.
General Galactic, cofounded by a former SpaceX engineer, plans to test its water-based propellant this fall. If successful, it could help usher in a new era of space travel. That's a big “if.”
Ukrainian Security Service drones hit a Russian factory that produces propellant components for Kh-55 and Kh-101 missiles. Sources in the SBU told RBC-Ukraine. The sources said drones of the SBU's Alpha Special Operations Center struck a pilot plant in the village of Redkino, Tver Region.
NASA has selected a team led by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation of Boulder, Colo., for a technology demonstration of a high performance “green” propellant alternative to the highly toxic fuel hydrazine. With this award, NASA opens a new era ...