News tagged with liquid oxygen

NASA's J-2X engine kicks off 2012 with powerpack testing

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new series of tests on the engine that will help carry humans to deep space will begin next week at NASA's Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. The tests on the J-2X engine bring ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA ready to test upgraded J-2X powerpack

(PhysOrg.com) -- For engineers working on the J-2X engine program, installation of the upgraded J-2X powerpack on the A-1 Test Stand on Dec. 5 had to feel like a long-awaited holiday gift.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Earth's outer core deprived of oxygen: study

The composition of the Earth's core remains a mystery. Scientists know that the liquid outer core consists mainly of iron, but it is believed that small amounts of some other elements are present as well. Oxygen ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

NASA's new upper stage engine passes major test

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA conducted a successful 500-second test firing of the J-2X rocket engine on Wednesday, Nov. 9, marking another important step in development of an upper stage for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS). ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Europe sets sights again on Soyuz launch

Engineers were eyeing a second bid at the historic launch of a Soyuz rocket from Europe's space base in South America after a countdown was scrubbed by a refuelling hitch.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA tests deep space J-2X rocket engine

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA conducted a 40-second test of the J-2X rocket engine Sept. 28, the most recent in a series of tests of the next-generation engine selected as part of the Space Launch System architecture ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Students building rocket for moon vehicle

Purdue University students are designing and building a rocket engine that might be used in a vehicle to land on the moon.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Upper stage engine ready for testing at NASA's Stennis Space Center

NASA's new J-2X rocket engine, which could power the upper stage of the nation's future heavy-lift launch vehicle, is ready for its first round of testing. The fully assembled engine was installed Saturday in the A-2 Test ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Apros software is renewed to simulate clean power plants of the future

The increased requirements on efficient production of clean energy have introduced the necessity to develop new power plant concepts. The basic functionality of the new ideas is tested in small scale pilot plants. Advanced ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists investigate atomic-scale mechanisms of nanowire growth process

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanowires can be grown in many ways, but one of the lesser-understood growth processes is vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth. In VLS, a vapor adsorbs onto a liquid droplet, and the droplet transports ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Spaceplane that takes off from airport runway could be ready in 10 years

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unpiloted, air-breathing spaceplane that takes off from an airport runway, carries up to 30 passengers, and costs less than one-tenth to launch into space compared to a conventional rocket ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (28) | comments 28 | with audio podcast report

Odds for Life Better in Photosynthesis Zones

By calculating where photosynthesis might be possible around the galaxy, scientists are developing a new way to figure out where Earth-like planets with life might be located.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Enough Oxygen For Life

New research suggests that there is plenty of oxygen available in the subsurface ocean of Europa to support oxygen-based metabolic processes for life similar to that on Earth. In fact, there may be enough ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (128) | comments 42

NASA uncovers cause of shuttle delay

Engineers from the US space agency NASA think they have discovered the cause of a hydrogen leak which twice delayed a high-profile shuttle launch this month, according to the agency.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0