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NASA’s new nuclear engine could transform space travel forever

NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft. It is an attempt to rewrite the basic rules of how far, how fast, and how ...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10: The Small Block V8 of Liquid Rocket Engines

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 ...
Gizmodo

NASA’s Next Moon Rocket Runs on Shuttle Engines—Here’s the Story Behind Each One

NASA is getting ready to launch its massive, fully expendable rocket for the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo. The agency’s new era of spaceflight comes with a few parts from its past, ...
Gizmodo

After a Near-Perfect Test, NASA’s Artemis 2 Rocket Is Rolling Back to the Garage

Well, I guess we jinxed it. One day after NASA completed a wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis 2 mission with no major issues, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket started acting up again. This time, ...
The Daily Nexus

From Liftoff to Touchdown: UCSB Gaucho Rocket Project sets its sights on landable rockets

Launching rockets may seem like a lofty goal achieved only at major companies like NASA and SpaceX, yet UC Santa Barbara ...
Ars Technica

NASA says it needs to haul the Artemis II rocket back to the hangar for repairs

A day after NASA officials expressed optimism that they could be ready to launch the Artemis II mission around the Moon next month, the space agency’s administrator announced Saturday that a new ...