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It turns out the rocket that is predicted to impact the Moon on March 4 is not the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket after all, but the upper stage of a Chinese Long March 3C used to launch the Chang’e 5-T1 lunar flyby mission in 2014.Continue R… Continue reading Rocket heading for Moon collision was launched by China, not SpaceX
Described by his PR team as “like Russia’s Elon Musk,” serial entrepreneur Mikhail Korkorich says his new company Destinus is building a hydrogen-powered, zero-emissions, transcontinental cargo drone capable of hypersonic Mach 15 cruise speeds.Continue… Continue reading “Russia’s Elon Musk” is developing hypersonic rocket cargo planes
The Space Shuttle’s solid rocket boosters were reusable, although ultimately the overall system didn’t prove cheaper than expendable launches. But given the successes of the Falcon 9 program — booster …read more Continue reading Reusable Booster Rockets, Asian Roundup
Rocket Lab has unveiled its concept for a new reusable launch vehicle called Neutron. Looking like something a Bond villain would deploy, it carries its second stage inside a permanently attached captive “Hungry Hippo” fairing design.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Rocket Lab reveals reusable Neutron launcher with “Hungry Hippo” jaws
A UK company with lofty aspirations around sustainable space travel has test-fired a rocket engine powered in part by plastic waste. Pulsar Fusion’s hybrid rocket engine is part of an ambitious journey that also involves the development of nuclear fusi… Continue reading Nuclear fusion startup test fires plastic waste-powered rocket
[Integza] hates tomatoes, but loves rocketry. Thus, he decided to see if he could process his most-loathed fruit into some sort of rocket fuel, or at least something relatively flammable. …read more Continue reading Tomatoes Are Not Guncotton
A new player has joined the ranks of private spacefaring outfits with the ability to reach orbit, following the successful lift-off for startup Astra’s launch vehicle. The achievement comes just five years after the company was established, marking a r… Continue reading Private space startup Astra reaches orbit for the first time
In a step closer to flight tests, the US Navy has conducted a successful live-fire ground test of the First Stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) that will be used in the American offensive hypersonic missile system. The October 28, 2021 test at Promontory, U… Continue reading US Navy conducts live-fire ground test of hypersonic missile motor
Water rockets are plenty of fun, but they can be even more fun if you go wild with the engineering. [The Q] is one such experimenter, who built a dual-thrust …read more Continue reading Building a Water Rocket That Lands Via Parachute
When it comes to weird and wacky homebrew rocket experiments, [Integza] keeps himself fairly busy. He’s now attempted a design repurposing Devil’s Toothpaste for propulsion. Devil’s Toothpaste is really the …read more Continue reading Building A Devil’s Toothpaste Rocket Motor