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Dual-thrust rocket motor: US to accelerate production of Standard Missile’s key component

The Navy’s signature system fuses the best missile technology available into a modern weapon. And because it offers navies more flexibility in limited ship space, it’s enabling the U.S. and its allies ...

Gizmodo Science Fair: A Rocket Engine That Turns Controlled Explosions Into Thrust

Using supersonic shockwaves for combustion, the groundbreaking design could allow aircraft to travel up to six times the ...
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Could astronauts travel to Mars on nuclear-powered rockets? These scientists want to make it happen

Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, ...
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US to develop resilient material for jet engines that eat shockwaves for propulsion

RDE is a propulsion system that promises higher power, greater fuel efficiency, and lower emissions than conventional rocket ...
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13,000 Pounds of Thrust: How the F-8 Crusader Saved Vought

In 1953, Vought bet everything on the XF8U Crusader. With a J57 engine, variable-incidence wing, and Mach 1.2 performance, it ...
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Blue Origin now targeting mid-October for launch of twin NASA Mars probes on 2nd-ever New Glenn rocket

Preparations for the second-ever launch of Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket are underway on Florida's Space Coast, as ...
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Boeing announces potential layoff of 400 employees working on NASA's Artemis program

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — Boeing announced Tuesday that it plans to lay off about 400 of its employees who are working on NASA’s Artemis moon rocket. “To align with revisions to the Artemis ...