With an avalanche of private space companies upon us, the number of engines meant to carry rockets and their cargo into space has grown rapidly over the past few years. This world is now dominated by ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a J-2 liquid propellant ...

The only people who value ease of maintenance at a cheap cost to manufacture, more than NASA, are people cruising Craigslist and eBay for a low-mileage 350 small-block Chevy motor at three in the ...

The rise of the commercial space industry precipitated a steeper decline at Rocketdyne. Boeing sold the Rocketdyne division to Pratt & Whitney in 2005 for $700 million, or approximately $1.2 billion ...

Madison, Wisconsin based Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITECTM) has successfully flight-tested its new rocket engine and technologies in Mojave, CA. ORBITEC integrated its Vortex Liquid Rocket ...

The Laboratory for Optical Physics and Engineering sits in the heart of the University’s campus in Urbana. Many students walk past the building every day and may be unaware of the fact that, on the ...