liquid-hydrogen(-fueled) rocket engine
1Liquid hydrogen — (LH2 or LH2) is the liquid state of the element hydrogen. It is a common liquid rocket fuel for rocket applications. Hydrogen is found naturally in the molecular H2 form.To exist as a liquid, H2 must be pressurized and cooled to a very low… …
2M-1 (rocket engine) — Aerojet s M 1 was the largest and most powerful liquid hydrogen fueled rocket engine to be designed and built. It offered a baseline thrust of 1.5 million pounds force and 1.8 million pounds force as its immediate growth target. The M 1 was… …
3J-2 (rocket engine) — Rocketdyne s J 2 was America s largest production liquid hydrogen fueled rocket engine before the Space Shuttle main engines (SSME), and is being revived in support of NASA s return to the Moon.The J 2 was a major component of the Saturn V rocket …
4Rocket engine — RS 68 being tested at NASA s Stennis Space Center. The nearly transparent exhaust is due to this engine s exhaust being mostly superheated steam (water vapor from its propellants, hydrogen and oxygen) …
5Merlin (rocket engine) — Merlin 1C SpaceX Merlin 1A (shown) Country of origin United States Manufacturer SpaceX Liq …
6Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi …
7Rocket propellant — is mass that is stored, usually in some form of propellant tank, prior to being used as the propulsive mass that is ejected from a rocket engine in the form of a fluid jet to produce thrust.Chemical rocket propellants are most commonly used,… …
8Hydrogen peroxide — IUPAC name …
9Timeline of hydrogen technologies — A timeline of the history of hydrogen technology.Timeline1600s* 1625 First description of hydrogen by Johann Baptista van Helmont. First to use the word gas . * 1650 Turquet de Mayerne obtained by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on iron a gas …
10rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …
