Sentences with phrase «rocket motors for»

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.

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Meanwhile, SpaceDev, the rocket motor supplier for SpaceShipOne, is also working on a manned orbital vehicle, funding itself not only through rocket motor sales but through contracts with NASA — which might eventually be willing to pay big bucks to a private company to get government astronauts into orbit.

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.

Orbital also supplies solid rocket motors and other rocket parts for ULA.

This rocket soft puzzle would be perfect for putting in your changing bag and taking with your to keep your toddler occupied and why not add a lacing card as well for some fine motor skill building.

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.

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a rocket motor concept that could pave the way for CubeSats zooming across space.

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.

Solid or liquid rocket Boosters are often used for parallel staging schemes and all motors are ignited at launch.

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.

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.

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.

Mazda's latest pocket rocket is scheduled for an official reveal at the Geneva Motor Show in early March.

For level designers the Big Pack provides more than 50 new crazy physics objects: car, rocket turbine, gravity field, wind, motor and many others!

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.

These used solid rocket motors the laboratory had developed for the Army's Sergeant guided missile.

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