Over the next few weeks, you may start to notice hummingbirds returning to your yard as they complete their journey north for the summer breeding season. If you spot a hummingbird in New Jersey, it is ...
For NASA's next generation of deep-space exploration missions, spacecraft may need to refuel in Earth orbit before pushing ...
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at America lagging in EVs and charging infrastructure, and Sunrun’s ...
NASA just tested a fully automated refueling coupler for spacecraft, and if it works, it could fundamentally change how deep space missions work.
Future deep space missions may need to refuel in orbit before they can head to their final destinations. NASA has been ...
Balin Moher stood on Cocoa Beach at age eight, watching the sky darken as a three-hour shuttle launch delay stretched into evening. His siblings wanted to leave, but he insisted on staying. Then the ...
Something unusual happened in U.S. missile testing this spring. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and startup Ursa Major flew the Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator (ARMD) with a storable ...
Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of injection parameters on the nozzle erosion in hybrid rocket motors. Hydrosyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) and 90% hydrogen peroxide $\left(\mathrm{H} ...
The Air Force Research Lab and Ursa Major successfully launched the new Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator (ARMD) at supersonic speeds—an important milestone on the road to a reliable hypersonic ...
One might envision a microscopic creature with its very own built-in engine, an engine whose power is fueled by something surprisingly similar to the power of rocket fuel. Scientists have now ...