the rocket uses one large vertical tank that’s internally divided by a movable piston, with the oxidizer — nitrous oxide — on one side and the fuel — nearly any flammable liquid ...

Gilmour Space, a venture-backed startup based in Australia, is about to launch a small rocket from its privately owned ...

That's why rockets have to carry tanks of both fuel and oxidizer. The SpaceX Falcon 9's Merlin engines use rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) fuel with liquid oxygen as the oxidizer. NASA's Space Launch ...

NileRed Liquid rocket slow-mo adventure Posted: January 6, 2025 | Last updated: March 6, 2025 So today I'll be making test tube liquid rockets. I first need a really strong oxidizer and I'm using ...

Real-world rockets and larger, previous self-landing rocket projects have used liquid fuel, which when mixed with an oxidizer, ignites. This process where oxidizer and fuel are meted out into a ...

“In combination with an oxidizer such as liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen yields the highest specific impulse, or efficiency in relation to the amount of propellant consumed, of any known rocket ...

Weighing 30 tonnes fully fueled, the rocket has a hybrid propulsion system, using a solid inert fuel and a liquid oxidizer, which provides the oxygen for it to burn. If successful, it would be the ...

Chief Operating Officer Robert Fabian described the rocket as a "cylinder" with a hole down the middle. "The oxidizer (liquid oxygen) goes out of the tank (separate liquid oxygen tank in the ...

Later on Friday, SpaceX added in a statement that the upper stage of the rocket experienced a “liquid oxygen leak.” Liquid oxygen, or LOX, is used as an oxidizer for the fuel aboard Falcon 9.