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New engine uses the freezing cold of space to generate power at night

Engineers at UC Davis have built a remarkable device that creates power at night by tapping into something we rarely think ...
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Blue Origin rocket engine gives a boost to Museum of Flight’s Simonyi Space Gallery

Timothy Hinerman, a program manager at Blue Origin, polishes up the nozzle of a BE-3U rocket engine during installation at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. (Museum of Flight Photo / Ted Huetter) Seattle’s ...
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New Stirling engine makes steady power by radiating heat to space

Engineers have built a modern Stirling engine that quietly turns the cold of outer space into steady mechanical power, using the night sky as a heat sink instead of a fuel tank. By radiating heat away ...
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NASA’s Next Moon Rocket Runs on Shuttle Engines—Here’s the Story Behind Each One

NASA is getting ready to launch its massive, fully expendable rocket for the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo. The agency’s new era of spaceflight comes with a few parts from its past, ...
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Rocket Engines That Flew 22 Space Shuttle Missions Are Ready for NASA’s Next Moon Mission

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 engines, recently passed a critical milestone that put the integrated system to ...