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Rocket propulsion elements / George P. Sutton, Oscar Biblarz

Classification -- Definitions and fundamentals -- Nozzle theory and thermodynamic relations -- Flight performance -- Chemical rocket propellant performance analysis -- Liquid propellant rocket engine ...
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Jet, rocket, nuclear, ion, and electric propulsion; theory and design Edited and authored by W. H. T. Loh

Fundamentals of thermodynamics and aerodynamics -- Thermodynamic cycle analysis of gas turbines and air-breathing propulsion systems -- Aerodynamic design of axial flow compressors and turbines -- ...
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ORNL tackles control challenges of nuclear rocket engines

Essentially, a nuclear rocket engine is a reactor that has hydrogen running through it as a propellant, which is heated to an astonishing 3,000 K (2,727 °C, 4,940 °F), giving it almost twice the ...
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XCOR Aerospace Teams with ATK on Methane Rocket Engine for CEV Developing Nontoxic Propulsion Alternatives for NASA

XCOR Aerospace announced today that it had won a $3.3 million contract with ATK as part of ATK’s contract to develop low-cost LOX/methane rocket propulsion for NASA. Together with ATK, XCOR will ...
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Rocket Lab Delivers Final Solar Panels for NASA Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element

Critical to one of the world’s largest solar array assemblies, the solar panels will enable NASA’s Gateway lunar space station to be the most powerful electric propulsion spacecraft ever flown.