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61Earth Departure Stage — The Ares V Earth Departure Stage (EDS) is a rocket stage which will be designed by NASA at its Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama as part of Project Constellation. The EDS will be propelled by a single J 2X main engine fueled… …
62Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket — Artist s impression of several VASIMR engines propelling a craft through space The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) is an electro magnetic thruster for spacecraft propulsion. It uses radio waves to ionize and heat a… …
63Liquid rocket propellants — The highest specific impulse chemical rockets use liquid propellants. This type of propellent has a long history going back to the first rockets and is still in use in for example the Space Shuttle and Ariane 5. History Early developmentOn March… …
64Long March 5 rocket family — Designed and developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), Long March 5 (LM 5, CZ 5, or Changzheng 5) is China s next generation space launch vehicle family, which would include a range of classes of launch vehicles for… …
65Atlas (rocket family) — Atlas is a family of U.S. space launch vehicles. The original Atlas missile was designed in the late 1950s. It was a liquid fuel rocket burning LOX and RP 1 in three engines configured in an unusual stage and a half or Parallel Staging design:… …
66F-1 (rocket engine) — The F 1 is a rocket engine developed by Rocketdyne and used in the Saturn V. Five F 1 engines were used in the S IC first stage of each Saturn V, which served as the main launch vehicle in the Apollo program. History The F 1 was originally… …
67Kestrel (rocket engine) — infobox rocket engine imsize=140 caption=SpaceX Kestrel name=Kestrel 2 country of origin=United States manufacturer=SpaceX purpose=type=liquid fuel=RP 1 rocket grade oxidiser=LOX thrust(Vac)= convert|6900|lbf|kN specific impulse vacuum= 317 s… …
68Liquid rocket — A liquid rocket is a rocket with an engine that uses propellants in liquid form. Liquids are desirable because their reasonably high density allows the volume and hence the mass of the tanks to be relatively low, resulting in a high mass ratio.… …
69The Three Stooges — Official Three Stooges logo. L to R: Moe Howard, Curly Howard and Larry Fine The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was… …
70Athena (rocket) — Infobox rocket caption = Athena II with Lunar Prospector name = Athena function = Small, modular component launch vehicle manufacturer = Lockheed Martin country origin = United States height = 19.8 30.48 m alt height = 65 100 ft diameter = 2.36 m …
