A team of engineers from Bristol University has conducted the first firing of the STERN rocket motor. Rocket engines equipped with the STERN (Static Test Expansion/Deflection Rocket Nozzle) rocket motor should benefit from increased performance in flight and achieving the firing test is a major step forward in a long term programme to understand the way these more complex nozzles work.
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