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Star Wars boffin creates ‘purple cannon fire’ in real world experiment

Metro UK 04 May 2024
According to Prof Baker, the Star Wars galaxy, like our own, uses liquid oxygen in rocket engines. ‘By igniting fuels with oxygen in the engine of a rocket you can produce huge amounts of thrust,’ he said.
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ALANA KRUGER: UK-Africa partnerships to boost the continent’s space race ambitions

Business Day 03 May 2024
But half a world away a group of SA engineers nervously bit their fingernails and stared intently at their computer screens while tracking the rocket’s progress ... Built by postgraduate engineering ...
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Chemist explores the real-world science of Star Wars

Phys Dot Org 03 May 2024
According to Professor Baker, the Star Wars galaxy, like our own, uses liquid oxygen in rocket engines. "By igniting fuels with oxygen in the engine of a rocket you can produce huge amounts of thrust.
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Starliner: Boeing prepares to launch its first crewed spacecraft as it chases after SpaceX

The Conversation 03 May 2024
During the flight, the spacecraft’s onboard clock suffered a technical malfunction, which caused the rocket engines to fire – manoeuvring the craft into the wrong orbit ... four Rocketdyne rocket engines.
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Space Coast launch schedule

Sun Sentinel 03 May 2024
1 launch from Wallops Island, Virginia because of issues with Russian- and Ukrainian-made rocket engines and first stage parts that are being redeveloped with Firefly Aerospace for a future Antares rocket not expected until at least 2025.
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Shrewsbury High School students qualify for first time for national rocketry competition

The Gardner News 02 May 2024
The contest gives middle and high school students the opportunity to design, build and launch model rockets and gain hands-on experience solving engineering problems ... The engines are expendable and you have to buy a bunch to try launches.".
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Japanese aerospace company captures an actual picture of space debris

Phys Dot Org 02 May 2024
On April 9, mission engineers maneuvered the spacecraft to a desired position several hundred kilometers away from the rocket stage. Then, by April 16, the spacecraft was able to match the orbit of the rocket stage.
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This is an Actual Picture of Space Debris

Universe Today 01 May 2024
On April 9, mission engineers maneuvered the spacecraft to a desired position several hundred kilometers away from the rocket stage. Then, by April 16, the spacecraft was able to match the orbit of the rocket stage.
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US and EU eye North Korea-Iran military cooperation

Voa News 01 May 2024
... of North Korea's 80-ton rocket booster. A few months later, North Korea said it had tested a new rocket engine that had a thrust of 80 tons and would be used in a new space launch vehicle.
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China's rocket engine test sets new thrust record

SpaceDaily 30 Apr 2024
... the highest thrust power ever achieved in tests of Chinese liquid-propellant engines.
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Rocket engine test sets thrust record

China Daily 30 Apr 2024
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's major space contractor, conducted a major test on a new type of rocket engine on Sunday, creating the most thrust ever recorded in tests of a Chinese liquid-propellant engine.
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UC Berkeley's STAR Team and Valworx Announce Partnership for Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition

ACCESSWIRE 30 Apr 2024
CORNELIUS, NC / ACCESSWIRE / April 30, 2024 / Valworx, Inc , a leading supplier of actuated valves and controls, has partnered with UC Berkeley's Space Technology and Rocketry (STAR) team to provide control valves for a liquid fueled rocket engine.
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China’s most powerful space engine generates 500 tons of thrust power in tests

Interesting Engineering 30 Apr 2024
China has completed the ignition test of its most powerful liquid-propellant engine designed for its Long March rocket program.
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NASA tests tiny 4.3-foot engine to develop new ultra-efficient airplanes

Interesting Engineering 30 Apr 2024
Developing a new airplane engine ... This plasma engine could get humans to Mars in only 45 days China’s 130-ton reusable rocket engine breaks records during tests.
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