Sentences with phrase «of rocket motor»

The newly released images include pictures of a rocket motor production plant in Biysk, Russia; a surface - to - air missile system in Cbelyabinsk; a submarine shipyard on the White Sea; and a bomber airfield in Kazakhstan.

DISCOVER spoke to Burt Rutan about his inspiration for SpaceShipOne, what SpaceShipTwo passengers can expect to get for their money, why the future of spaceflight doesn't belong to NASA — and the aftermath of a recent explosion at one of Rutan's test facilities during a test of rocket motor components that killed three people and severely injured three others.

Not exact matches

Once the booster has used up its fuel dozens of miles above Earth, it detaches, and the second - stage rocket motor ignites.

Martin Ross, another of the paper's authors, who works at the Aerospace Corp. in El Segundo, Calif., explains that hybrid motors favoured by space tourism companies are safer, cheaper to run, and quicker to refuel than the liquid or solid rocket boosters that have dominated rocketry thus far.

SpaceShipOne itself suffered several such problems in its three space flights, including the loss of its navigation system, a sudden lurch that carried the ship some 30 miles off course, the buckling of the aircraft's skin from the rocket motor's heat, and an uncontrolled wobble that spun the craft around at high speed some 20 times before pilot Melvill — he flew the first prize - winning flight, Binnie the second — stilled it, possibly just in time to prevent a fatal tumble.

Rutan thought up a simplified design for a rocket motor and contracted its manufacturing out to SpaceDev, a company in Poway, Calif., that had developed rocket motors that burn a relatively easy - to - control mixture of liquid laughing gas and rubber, producing a full ton of thrust.

Most daunting of all, Rutan and Scaled had never built a rocket motor — the source of fully half of all space - launch failures — and had never had to deal with the nightmarish heat and extreme forces generated from reentering the atmosphere at high speeds.

Meanwhile, the aircraft's rocket motor incinerated itself in its first test, and then kept falling just short of the needed power.

Buell had worked on rocket motors for the Gemini program that eventually were a key part of the Apollo program allowing spacecraft to land on the Moon.

Besides, the motor of the Bella Baby Rocket is louder than of others.

But in doing so, the motor will knock the rocket back with a force of more than 300,000 newtons, likely inflicting severe damage on it.

Firing solid rocket fuel motors within 10 milliseconds of an IED blast temporarily makes the vehicle weigh 120 tons, freezing it in place and protecting everyone inside

Preliminary results of a CNES inquiry indicate that the two French technicians suffocated when nitrogen leaked into the confined area they were inspecting before a test of the rocket's cryogenic motor.

Solid - fuel rocket motors are currently destroyed by incineration, but the risk of explosion makes this process dangerous and expensive.

DISPOSING of redundant rocket motors has been an explosive headache for the US, as it scales down its arms stockpile following the end of the Cold War.

BLASTING off to the edge of space in SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's commercial spacecraft, may be one step closer after the successful testing last week of a new solid - liquid hybrid rocket motor.

The embargo was imposed as a result of India purchasing a cryogenic rocket motor from Russia, which the Americans claimed could be adapted for military use.

Generally each stage consists of one or more motors, plus fuel and oxidiser tanks for a liquid rocket or the casing for a solid rocket.

These electric motors account for 551 lbs of weight but produce 295 hp, helping the Lamborghini Asterion can still rocket from 0 - 62 mph in 3.0 seconds on its way to a top speed of 199 mph.

More important, the P - model gets a couple of big motors, which is kind of what you expect from a company that builds rockets.

When you're driving down a twisty road, the Momo wheel alive in your hands, your eyes at the height of a Camry «s plastic door cladding, and that overgrown crotch - rocket motor sitting behind your ears just begging for ludicrous revolutions, there really isn't another car you'd rather have.

If, however, your foot and your wallet are heavy, check out the Colt Premier with the optional, 1.6 - liter, turbocharged power plant, a motor with a reputation for being able to smoke the front, driving wheels of this little rocket with ease.

As though Ford's new Focus RS hot hatch hadn't received enough praise from the motoring press already, Top Gear «s Rory Reid recently hopped in the 350 - horsepower pocket rocket to appraise its worth as an entrant in a «cutthroat» segment, and scarcely a word to come out of his mouth was one of criticism.

Brabus, the German tuning house responsible for some of the most hair - raising land rockets, has a new creation in store for the Geneva motor show, one that is likely to rule its lineup for some time.

Add an integrated 47 - horsepower electric motor to a seven - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission, along with a pair of 36 - hp electric motors (one connected to each rear wheel), and you've got an SUV that can rocket off the line like a muscle car.

1970 c10, New Mexico truck, has a rocket 350 motor, th350 trans, 5/3 drop suspension, new tires, have most of the stuff to convert it to disc brakes, and other miscellaneous parts

With its 340kW (460 hp) and torque of 640Nm gained from twin electric motors, ZOE e-Sport Concept is an absolute pocket rocket.

The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is outlandishly quick and capable of generating such fierce acceleration that you'll be forgiven if you erroneously think that Chevy secretly strapped a rocket motor underneath the car.

The XC90 T8 rockets forward like a thrown Mjolnir; all three of its motors suddenly alive and growling.

Two of the three rocket motor (and rocket kit) manufacturers had pavilions set up in Vender's Row.

In more detail, Trials HD — BIG Pack includes: -35 brand new Trials HD tracks, with a special focus on medium and hard tracks, the difficulty levels most requested by players — the sweet - spot of track difficulty: -23 racing tracks: 12 medium, 9 hard and 2 extreme — most with new physics objects providing Trials rides never experienced before -12 skill game tracks - Five new tournaments including all the new tracks - More than 50 new crazy physics objects: Car, rocket turbine, gravity field, wind, motor and many others!

Lined up in the center of the exhibition space is a vintage X-15 rocket - plane motor, a twinkling 1968 IBM server panel, models of the agridome from the sci - fi film Silent Running, and miniature rockets and lunar reconnaissance vehicles designed by Wernher von Braun.

One is loaded with rockets and a candyfloss machine, while the other is a model for an outdoor sculpture consisting of spinning motors and packed with fireworks.

Next, Commuter Cars packed in two electric motors capable of rocketing to 60 mph in only 4 seconds, with a top speed of around 100 Mph.