Sentences with phrase «rocket engine technology»

Instead of rocketing astronauts off into deep space, the Asteroid Redirect Mission would send a robotic spacecraft to a small asteroid, secure it (potentially by grabbing it and stuffing it into a giant high - tech bag) and tow it back to orbit the moon using a hyper - efficient kind of rocket engine technology called solar electric propulsion.

Not exact matches

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.

Northrop Grumman is buying Orbital ATK, a specialist in rocket engines and space flight technologies, for $ 7.8 billion (plus $ 1.4 billion in debt).

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 uses a nuclear engine, a technology that was under serious investigation for a long time (and may yet see its day in space).

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.

Aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos has posted the first - ever images of the fully - completed BE-4 liquid rocket engine on Twitter, giving the world a look at the technology that his company plans to use to send its New Glenn...

«SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS The NTR represents the next major evolutionary step in high performance liquid rocket engines yet it is not new but was developed to a high technology readiness level during the Rover / NERVA programs.

And like the late Steve Jobs of Apple (if Jobs had been a rocket scientist), Musk brought forth a product that doubles down on technology — double the engines, double the driving wheels, and double the driving safety.