Sentences with phrase «as rocket engines»

For the tougher pieces (such as the rocket engines) that actually make it through the atmosphere, they are expected to land anywhere between the South Dakota / Nebraska all the way to Tasmania, but experts predict they will most likely land in the Pacific Ocean.

As rocket engines fire up for lift - off, it fills with streams of hot exhaust, safely diverting them at the expense of being scorched and scarred.

By repeating this tier - by - tier addition, engineers can build complex shapes, such as rocket engines.

Not exact matches

In theory, the company's SABRE engine will be capable of operating as a jet at take - off and transitioning to a rocket at higher altitudes.

The countdown clock actually reached T - 00:00:00, and the rocket looked as if it were about to lift off at 7:21 p.m. ET, when the computer in control of the rocket suddenly shut the engines down.

The Falcon Heavy requires the simultaneous ignition of 27 engines, three times as many as the Falcon 9 rocket.

Rolls - Royce and Boeing have both invested in rocket engine company Reaction Engines as the latest blue - chip companies to back the start - up's thermal management technology.

She's already been on an ocean voyage to recover F - 1 rocket engines, a trip where the crew made accommodations for her, as Bezos recounted from the stage.

Twentieth - century technological achievements have shaped our culture: automobiles, lasers, jet engines, rockets, nuclear reactors, as well as many others.

The biggest stumbling block VASIMR faces, as Chang Díaz readily acknowledges, is that even once it is scaled up to operate in the tens - of - megawatts range, which would be required to overtake traditional rockets in long - distance travel, it's still just an engine that doesn't run on fuel.

To power its new orbital launch vehicle, Blue Origin is developing a more powerful rocket engine known as the BE-4, which is a joint venture with launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA).

Our BE-4 engine will also help make history as it powers the first flight of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket.»

Ion exhaust is much faster than the exhaust from a chemical rocket, so an ion engine can produce 10 times as much thrust from each pound of fuel.

People describe rocket engines as thunderous; despite the warm day and nearly cloudless sky, it was more like being inside the thundercloud.

Standing nearly 5 kilometres from SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket as it took off for the first time, I felt like my lungs were exposed to the open air, the rushing sound and steam from the rocket's engines squeezing my heart and making it beat off - kilter.

As the Lynx approaches the outer atmosphere, the rocket engines will be shut down and the pilot and passenger will feel weightless until they begin their 20 - minute descent.

Its stated purpose is to test and develop new technologies for spaceflight, such as NASA's Space Launch System heavy - lift rocket, its Orion deep - space crew capsule and an advanced solar - electric propulsion engine suitable for long - haul cargo trips.

The new spending document offers a call out to «high - priority projects» such as the Synergistic Air - Breathing Rocket Engine, a hypersonic, precooled engine for the United Kingdom's new spaceplane, and a supercomputer for weather forecaEngine, a hypersonic, precooled engine for the United Kingdom's new spaceplane, and a supercomputer for weather forecaengine for the United Kingdom's new spaceplane, and a supercomputer for weather forecasters.

A hybrid rocket propulsion system comprises propellants of two different states of matter, the most common configuration being a rocket engine composed of a solid propellant lining a combustion chamber into which a liquid or gaseous propellant is injected so as to undergo a strong exothermic reaction to produce hot gas that is emitted through a De Laval nozzle for propulsive purposes.

Two RD - 110 missile engines (left and center) used during the 1940s and 1950s suffered from rough combustion and thermal stress design problems and were abandoned as an approach to rocket propulsion.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has admitted that the first flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket, which will have 27 Merlin engines, as opposed to the Falcon 9's nine, might not work, going so far as to make comments about another possible explosion.

Hydrogen, being an extremely light element, makes up only about 5 % of the weight of a rocket fuel mixture, and can thus be imported from Earth; heavy insulation and some gelling of the mixture with methane (as the hydrogen will not be fed directly into an engine) will reduce in - space boil - off to negligible levels.

In 2017, the Block 5 version of the Merlin rocket engine exploded at a testing facility in Texas, as was noted by Space.com's Mike Wall in his Nov. 2017 article.

As a New Scientist article details, Liu's dark matter engine would be very different from a conventional rocket.

The part will be used on the J - 2x engine for the largest rocket ever built, known simply as the Space Launch System.

Blue Origin's CEO says he expects the company's BE-4 engine to complete qualification testing by the end of the year as the company ramps up work on its New Glenn orbital rocket.

And, «An additional beyond - LEO engine for interplanetary travel from Earth orbit to Mars orbit, and back, is being studied as of 2013 at Marshall Space Flight Center with a focus on nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) engines.

, she winced as she shakenly bounded to the fabulous YoulookKILLA - mobile, which was a converted yellow 1960s Morris Mini with twin NASA rocket engines.

Alan Bond (born 1944) is an English mechanical and aerospace engineer, as well as Managing Director of Reaction Engines Ltd and associated with Project Ellwyn E. Angle was a rocket engineer who, in the 1940s and 1950s, worked on various advanced projects in the US, including the Bell X-1 and X-5.

Coming later this month to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network, Puddle is a fluid dynamics platformer that follows various fluids as they travel through a garden hose, a rocket engine, the human body, and more.

The idea is for students to provide «ideas and prototypes for Mars colonies, space suites, rockets, satellites, science and engineering centers, antennas, batteries, space food, ion engines, robots and ideas for Martian soil gardening» (as stated in the CAG conference presentation summary).

The engine neatly installed beneath this ML's bonnet is the same as that which put a rocket up the nightdress of the already nippy SLK55 AMG (evo 083).

As several others have noted, the optional V - 6 engine makes this Altima an absolute rocket.

Our heroes will have plenty of performance at their disposal, as the Mini Cooper S is equipped with a 2.0 - liter turbocharged inline - four engine rated for 189 hp and 207 lb - ft of torque, enough to rocket the cars to 60 mph in 6.4 or 6.5 seconds, depending on whether buyers pick the six - speed automatic or manual transmission.

Mind you, the sensations you feel driving this car hard are only magnified with the top down — the air whooshing past, the engine wailing behind your ears, the squeaks and squeals of the nearby tires scrabbling for grip as your rocket into and out of turns.

As a result, the blown engine cranks out an impressive 606 horsepower (153 ponies more than stock), and is reportedly capable of rocketing the convertible from 0 - 62 mph in under 3.8 seconds — an improvement of two - tenths of a second.

In some engines, especially for turbine engine blade cooling and liquid rocket engine cooling, fuel is used as a coolant, as it is simultaneously preheated before injecting it into a combustion chamber.

The 6.0 - liter twin - turbo V12 engine has received the same updates as the Rocket 900, meaning it has an enlarged displacement of 6.3 liters, among many other modifications.

With Futuramic styling, as it was called, and a Rocket V - 8 engine, Olds» open - air model was made to turn heads in the competitive post-war market.Weighing in at 4,200 pounds and measuring nearly 18 feet long, the Olds was an imposing machine, propelled by a 135 - horsepower engine with a two - barrel carburetor.The Ninety - Eights had a rear center armrest, front and rear floor mats, chrome - plated body moldings, electric clock and stainless - steel wheel trim rings.

The sportier Cooper S model receives a new engine for 2014 as well, and this is the one to go for if you prefer your go - kart handling with an extra shot of rocket fuel.

«Diesel rocket» as it is fondly called is powered by a 2.0 - litre 4 - cylinder turbo engine that produces 166 BHP of power and 380 Nm of torque, paired to a 6 - speed manual as well as an automatic transmission.

The engine, suspension and brakes were all gone through and it was described as being fast as a rocket!

Press the gas pedal and you will be rewarded with a roaring engine as the car rockets forward.

The $ 28,790 pocket - rocket is not as «pure» as its predecessor, ditching the naturally - aspirated engine and manual gearbox.

As if rockets crash - landing into the map weren't enough, the close - quarters combat is further complicated via two separate rocket test engines sites that opposing forces can trigger, sending massive fireballs into the already intense firefights, and the failed launch of a massive rocket has a dramatic effect on the combat.

Watching a massive skyscraper come crashing down around you as rocket fire rains down from every direction is absolutely mind - blowing, and the fact that the game engine can render all of this without skipping a beat is a testament to DICE's work.

This is made possible by drawing heavily upon the proven success of the Falcon 9 rocket system, as the first stage of the Falcon Heavy is composed of three Falcon 9 engine cores.