Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Dec. 5 deliberately pushed the world’s largest rocket fuel tank beyond its design limits to really understand its breaking ...
It’s been a big week for violent explosions. Not to be outdone by the recent massive undersea volcanic eruption in the Pacific Ocean, SpaceX went ahead and blew up a test tank filled with liquid ...
fueling and simulated launch cycles. The nine-month, 40-cycle series of tests, concluded Aug. 9, is part of Northrop Grumman’s ongoing partnership with NASA to help mature space technologies required ...
Russia’s new T-14 “Armata” tank was shipped to Syria for testing purposes. It’s not clear if the tank saw combat. Moscow is supposed to have 2,300 of the tanks by now, but delays have meant that only ...