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NASA Tests New Breed of Propulsion Engine and System in Support of the Vision for Space Exploration

NASA engineers have successfully tested a new breed of reaction control engine and propulsion system. Aimed at furthering NASA’s space exploration goals, the tests helped investigate the possibility ...
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Aerojet Develops Innovative Reaction Control Engine Technology for NASA’s Exploration Program

Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. (NYSE: GY) company, recently completed developmental testing of an innovative cryogenic oxygen/methane Reaction Control Engine (RCE) critical to ongoing lunar lander ...
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Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Apollo Reaction Control System (RCS)

Click to open image viewer. This is an APS (Auxiliary Propulsion System) attitude control rocket motor for the third stage (S-IV) of the Saturn V launch vehicle that took astronauts to the Moon in ...

Ultrafast X-rays allow researchers to 'watch' how molecules rearrange during a chemical reaction controlled by light

Since the 1980s, researchers have sought to use laser light to control chemical reactions relevant to photochemistry, catalysis and light-responsive materials. But this technique, known as coherent ...
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Fig. 5. The system model of granular dynamics, multibody dynamics, and control coupling simulation. RCS, reaction control system; GNC, guidance, navigation, and control. (IMAGE)

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