Sentences with phrase «make rocket engines»

Combustion instabilities can make a rocket engine have a really bad day.

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During that time, it analyzes the fuel, the engines, and other aspects of the rocket to make sure everything is functioning properly.

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.

Three - dimensional printers are letting doctors in Minnesota make simulated body parts in a hospital and a Brooklyn startup create rocket engines designed to put satellites into orbit, executives said Thursday at an event hosted by General Electric Co..

The engine recently produced an output of more than 200 kilowatts, an order of magnitude above previous technology, making it «by far the world's most powerful plasma rocket,» Chang Díaz says.

The rocket engines can be used for thousands of flights, potentially making scientific ventures more affordable.

This isn't mere sci - fi speculation: In a nondescript warehouse in Webster, Texas, a forward - thinking scientist is developing a prototype rocket engine that could make space travel faster than ever before.

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

Now, researchers have come up with a way to 3D print tough and flexible stainless steel, an advance that could lead to faster and cheaper ways to make everything from rocket engines to parts for nuclear reactors and oil rigs.

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.

While private space companies were making their move, NASA began testing the J - 2X rocket engine, one of the powerhouses behind the agency's Space Launch System that could drive the next stage of manned space exploration.

Complicating matters, both the Boeing and Sierra designs rely on Atlas 5 rockets to get to orbit, which in turn rely on Russian - made RD - 180 engines, Handberg notes.

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.

Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center tested NASA's first 3D printed rocket engine prototype part made of two different metal alloys through an innovative advanced manufacturing process.

The 330 - hp V - 6 is powerful enough to rocket the M37 forward at a pace sufficient enough to make you wonder whether the V - 8 engine is worth the extra expense.

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

Taken together, the stability control's lenient, tail - out sport mode; the transmission that thinks like a DTM driver; and the engine that has the muscle to rocket you down the straights, create in the C63 coupe a car that makes track driving deceptively easy.

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.

Every time I drive it I think it would be fun for someone to stiffen up the springs, put in a bigger engine and make a real little pocket rocket (aka Honda - CRX).

For $ 400 more, Chevy will sell you an RS with the 170 - horsepower engine, which should make RS a bargain rocket.

The Alero had no Rocket V - 8, making do with a rather noisy 3.4 - liter V - 6, a pushrod design not unlike the engines that powered Oldsmobiles four decades ago.

BMW not only made the M4 Coupe into a rocket ship with its new engine, but it also pushed the suspension to a whole new level.

Supreme luxury and style inside and out elevate the experience, and available diesel power or supercharged gasoline engines make the Range Rover into a road rocket.

Neither of the engines make the Renegade a rocket, but both dutifully move the small SUV's low -3,000-pound mass.

We decided to make the rocket by reforming their engine.

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.

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.