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Saturn V Large Scale Cutaway (2007-06-19)
Enjoy this all time great rocket, one of the most sexy yet made. If only we had a few left for large scale missions to mars or the outer planets, or to launch large space telescopes (a folding 30 ... [Read More]
Aerospike Engine (2007-10-21)A high power type Aerospike motor - basically an inverted bell where the flame is built around a graphite spike. Very nice! I bet hobby motors could use this technology. This is the big kind - ... [Read More]
A sub scale SRB static fire (2007-11-10)"November 2nd, 2007 An amazing sight lit up and roared in the Utah desert Thursday (11-1-07) and it was witnessed by many wanting to check it out. Alliant Techsystems (ATK) test fired a reusable ... [Read More]
Skylab (2008-08-11)"Skylab was launched 14 May 1973 by a Saturn INT-21 (a two-stage version of the Saturn V launch vehicle) into a 235 nautical mile (435 km) orbit. The launch is sometimes referred to as Skylab 1, or ... [Read More]
N-1 (2008-08-27)I think Russian rockets are pretty much the coolest of all. The N1 is possibly the most impressive, best looking rocket ever made. The inter-stage open truss design (common in communist rockets) ... [Read More]
Some new books (2008-12-12)These books are part of the latest Amazon order. Some of them were only $5 shipped... compared to the stamped prices of 15, 20, 25, or more each. Great deals! The space shuttle book is hardcover, ... [Read More]
Some interesting searches to this page (2009-09-23)These are from the past few hours: saturn 5 pictures how high does first stage rocket send space shuttle long high powered rocket high power rocketry altitude record kosdon rocket ... [Read More]
Pegasus XL (2009-09-30)The next installment in my "just cut and paste rocket crap from Wikipedia" series is all about a fun little rocket, one of the smallest satellite launchers ever. "In a Pegasus launch, the carrier ... [Read More]
Cool VASIMR graphic from the NY Times (2009-11-04)Sadly, they perpetuate the misconception that we have not yet sent men to Mars because it takes too long to get there. No, the trip is already fairly short with normal rockets. We have not gone to ... [Read More]
Rush - Countdown (2010-07-08)"COUNTDOWN from the 'Signals' cd by Rush. On April 12, 1981, Rush was invited to NASA to watch the launch of the first Space Shuttle Columbia. They were so impressed and inspired that they came up ... [Read More]
X-15 video from takeoff to landing (2010-07-22)"This joint program by NASA, the Air Force, the Navy, and North American operated the most remarkable of all the rocket research aircraft. Composed of an internal structure of titanium and a skin ... [Read More]
45 minutes of shuttle engineering footage (2010-12-11)"hotographic documentation of a Space Shuttle launch plays a critical role in the engineering analysis and evaluation process that takes place during each and every mission. Motion and Still images ... [Read More]
The Ares 1... er I mean Liberty rocket (2011-02-08)"The bottom part of the proposed Liberty rocket would be based on the solid-fueled boosters that help get the shuttle off the ground. The top half would use the liquid-fueled core-stage technology ... [Read More]
Fire in space (2011-04-28)"When you mention burning hydrogen, many people think of the nearly invisible rocket exhaust from the Space Shuttle's three main engines. The last thing you would expect is that a burning droplet of ... [Read More]
Endeavour - STS-134 (2011-05-27)"A camera mounted on each of space shuttle Endeavour's solid rocket boosters capture the launch of the orbiter on STS-134 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on May 16, and documents the SRBs' ... [Read More]
PROFAC - PRopulsive Fluid ACcumulator (2011-06-09)"Profac, PRopulsive Fluid ACcumulator, was described by its inventor, Sterge Demetriades, in the pages of the British Interplanetary Society's Journal as long ago as 1959. In this concept, a nuclear ... [Read More]
When will we see another big American rocket? (2011-07-30)"ATK engineers take a look at the company's final booster motor for the space shuttle program in Box Elder County, Utah. For more than 30 years, NASA's space shuttle program has been a cornerstone ... [Read More]
ReEntry Breakup Recorder (REBR) (2012-05-04)At the Science and Engineering Festival, there was a booth showing off a program called R.E.B.R. "Casualty expectation for reentering space hardware is computed using reentry-survivability ... [Read More]
Colorado > than NY? (2012-08-02)Up-Ship.com recently suggested as much. Right after the latest of several mass shootings in CO. Why does he say so? Well because people in Colorado went out after ... [Read More]
Sharp rocket is all nosecone (2013-06-04)"As the aerospace world prepares to say goodbye to the space shuttles, engineers are looking for cheaper, faster replacements. The German space agency is apparently ahead of ... [Read More]
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