The 156-foot-long five-segment solid rocket motor produced upwards of 4 million pounds of thrust during the test.

But while 3D-printed engines and carbon composite propellant tanks are pretty much a sure bet for future generations of rockets, Electron’s engine technology might be looking at a much shorter life.

It may be tough to believe, but solid propellants have been used in rockets since at least the 13th century, beginning with the Chinese. Now, Purdue University researchers are exploring several ...

The Amur-SPG rocket is expected to incorporate advanced manufacturing techniques such as the use of composite materials, 3D ...

Unlike a traditional composite propellant, which mechanically mixes a fuel and. ... a huge advantage over other rocket fuels. Even the shock from the detonation of a material like C-4 in direct ...

The Shuttle SRB propellant was about 70% AP, 16% aluminum, a trace of red iron oxide, 12% PBAN (polybutadiene acrylic acid acrylonitrile), and 2% epoxy curing agent (I think that was Dow’s ...

Measuring 4.3 meters in diameter, this thermoset composite tank is roughly the same size as propellant tanks in the upper stage of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, aimed to land astronauts on ...

NASA followed last week's low-key engine test with the test-firing of a solid-fueled booster at Northrop Grumman's rocket ...

Satellite launch company Virgin Orbit’s (Long Beach, Calif., U.S.) LauncherOne rocket — retaining filament wound composite propellant tanks — successfully reached space for the first time on Jan. 17, ...

BackgroundA common design for launch/space propulsion involves liquid propellants. In this application, often there is a gaseous pressurant stored in a Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel (COPV) at ...

SpaceX's Starship spacecraft exploded exploded on the ground last month, ahead of its 10th flight test. But now it's getting ...

NEW DELHI — India has established a state-of-the-art composite rocket propellant processing facility. The Advanced Center for Energetic Materials will help meet the requirements of composite ...