Rocket engine

The Raptor is a full-flow staged combustion engine developed by SpaceX. Learn how it works with this animated schematic!

Three vintage bipropellant engines from the space race. Each of them was used for maneuvering in space, and each has a simple solenoid valve assembly, which allows the fuel and oxidizer to spray into the combustion chamber. These particularly noxious hypergolic chemicals have the valuable property that they ignite spontaneously upon contact, in a vacuum, with no spark required. From left to right: • Gemini SE-6, provided attitude and maneuvering control for the Gemini spacecraft. Pitch…

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Executor rocket engine.

Image provided by Rocket CraftersRocket Crafters has concluded testing for the Comet 5,000-lb. thrust engine, a large-scale proof-of-concept test model of its...

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The story of young engineers who resurrected an engine nearly twice their age