Many of us have seen videos of Elon Musk’s Falcon-9 rocket landing back on Earth. However, the true scale of this impressive piece of technology is often not fully appreciated. The rocket’s size is much larger than most people realize. In one striking image, a person is seen walking near the Falcon-9, highlighting the sheer…
Over the decades, Delta IV Heavy rockets have been instrumental in space exploration. Starting in 1960, the Delta Rocket family, with its 400-plus missions, saw the latest Delta IV Heavy rocket lift off last week, marking its final journey. As part of the secretive reconnaissance missions of the US Space Force, under the control of…
China successfully tests its launch rocket engine to the moon while Artemis launch is delayed due to malfunctionsThe engine tested was twice as powerful as the American rocket engine. The YF 79 engine was tested and won. This liquid oxygen hydrogen engine has a loading capacity of 25 tons. This is the highest payload in…
Are the bursts during launch that we see really typical? The truth is for Allen. Rockets that malfunction and spontaneously explode are rare. The rest? It is done by the mission team sitting on the ground below. To avoid damage by falling on the ground. When a rocket is launched, it is filled with explosives…
The most powerful rocket currently ready for launch, the SLS rocket, taller than the Statue of Liberty and capable of delivering up to 50 tons of material directly to the moon when fully powered in its future Block 2 configuration, will launch to the moon with the unmanned Orion capsule on the 29th of this…
The first launch of ISRO’s new launch vehicle SSLV (SSLV) is coming soon. The test of the first solid fuel stage of the new rocket has been successfully completed. The first solid booster stage test was held at 12.05 am on Monday at Sriharikota. Other parts of the rocket had already been tested. The crucial…
A rocket – ??? m high, about 36 m tall – weighs 2.8 million kilograms, including fuel. Capacity to carry 130 tons of material in Earth’s orbit. Ability to carry up to 50 tons of material to the moon. Remember the shrimp movie was running here. The rocket that landed the man on the moon…
The Soyuz spacecraft was first launched as part of Russia’s mission to the moon. The spacecraft will be launched on a rocket named Russia’s Soyuz. The first man-made launch, which took place later, ended in disaster. The module crashed due to the failure of the parachute on its way back to Earth. Over the years,…
The V-2 was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile. The liquid-propellant rocket engine used to launch the missile was developed in Germany as a “defense weapon” during World War II. Essentially, it was a weapon used to attack the Allies instead of the Allied forces attacking German cities. With the vertical launch of the…
The Twilight Phenomenon is a phenomenon that is visible to ground observers as a booster rocket or missile ascends from darkness to sunlight.This phenomenon usually occurs 30 minuted before sunrise or 60 minutes after sunset.
