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4 days ago · The space agency, along with Boeing who built the new capsule, and rocket builder United Launch Alliance are still troubleshooting a helium leak on one of the thrusters on the Starliner. The launch was originally delayed by a valve on the second stage of the Atlas-V rocket, called a Centaur, that started opening and closing in a fluttering fashion.
2 days ago · The first stage burned for about 2 minutes and 41 seconds, lifting the rocket to an altitude of 42 miles (68 km) and a speed of 6,164 miles per hour (2,756 m/s) and burning 4,700,000 pounds (2,100,000 kg) of propellant.
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3 days ago · The Propulsion Diode Boxes, two for redundancy, build the power interface to the propulsion system components – actuating the thruster seat valves, catalyst bed heaters and propellant latch valves. Overall, New Horizons’ power system can deliver 247 Watts of electrical power to users aboard the spacecraft at the start of the mission.
2 days ago · Bipropellant rocket engines of the Apollo Lunar Module reaction control system (RCS) Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites. In-space propulsion exclusively deals with propulsion systems used in the vacuum of space and should not be confused with space launch or atmospheric entry .
2 days ago · Boeing’s Starliner capsule atop the Atlas 5 rocket inside United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral. Image: United Launch Alliance.
4 days ago · Pressurized helium gas is used to push propellants to the rocket motors in each doghouse as well as to four powerful launch abort engines that would only be fired in the event of a catastrophic ...
1 day ago · The SpaceX Falcon 9's Merlin engines use rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) fuel with liquid oxygen as the oxidizer. NASA's Space Launch System is based on liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen...
