This led to a rush of high pressure helium that spiked the pressure in the oxidizer tank beyond its operating ... Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket in its maiden flight.

SpaceX planned additional tests, including a final landing burn with two rather than the usual three engines to simulate a ...

A real estate agent prepping for an estate sale stumbled upon a 2.5-foot high explosive anti-tank rocket (H.E.A.T rocket) sitting inside the home’s closet. “We’re talking about a high energy ...

For instance, some of the materials used in the build, such as the steel oxidizer tank, make rocket components reusable. He joked that the rocket would likely be less contaminating then some of ...

But soon after separating from the rocket in space ... helium began to flow uncontrollably into the oxidizer tank, and that caused a significant and rapid over-pressurization of the tank ...

Put simply, 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 ...

Brunswick-based aerospace company bluShift announced this week that it installed a reusable oxidizer tank, bringing the company one step closer to rocket engine testing. A Brunswick-based ...

BluShift is the first company in the world to build a rocket engine that runs entirely on a nontoxic, bio-derived solid fuel. With the oxidizer tank, the company will be able to keep the engine ...

Scorpius delivered the largest cryogenic oxidizer tank in Vaya’s history. It is 23 feet long and 6 feet wide and will serve as the rocket’s core first stage. “It’s the largest component we ...

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 ...

The propellant tank production facility will specialise in manufacturing of high-performance fuel and oxidizer tanks, critical components for the LVM3 launch vehicle of size 4m in diameter and up ...

Russia on Thursday successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern ... a failure of the pressurization system of the oxidizer tank in the central block of the rocket.