turbopump group
1Turbopump — As the name suggests, a turbopump comprises basically two main components: a rotodynamic pump and a driving turbine, both mounted on the same shaft. A turbopump can refer to either of two types of pumps either a centrifugal where the pumping is… …
2Edwards Air Force Base — Part of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Located near: Edwards, California …
3RP-1 — (alternately, Rocket Propellant 1 or Refined Petroleum 1) is a highly refined form of kerosene outwardly similar to jet fuel, used as a rocket fuel. Although having a lower specific impulse than liquid hydrogen (LH2) and thus less thrust per unit …
4MBDA Meteor — Meteor Type Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile Se …
5Steam locomotive — A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a road locomotive such as a traction engine or steamroller.Steam locomotives dominated rail traction from the mid 19th… …
6Hydrogen peroxide — IUPAC name …
7Messerschmitt Me 163 — Not to be confused with Messerschmitt Bf 163. Me 163 Komet Me 163B 1a at the National Museum of Flight in Scotland …
8Gas turbine — Microturbine redirects here. For turbines in electricity, see Small wind turbine. For turbines driven by the flow of gas, see Turbine. A typical axial flow gas turbine turbojet, the J85, sectioned for display. Flow is left to right, multistage… …
9Rocket 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) …
10NERVA — For other uses, see Nerva (disambiguation). Diagram of the NERVA nuclear rocket engine NERVA is an acronym for Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application, a joint program of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and NASA managed by the Space… …
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