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First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Implementation of Ukraine's commitment to reduce strategic weapons enters final stage - President

KYIV, May 21 /UKRINFORM/. Practical implementation of the interstate commitments assumed by Ukraine under the agreement on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms has entered its final stage.This was stated by President Viktor Yanukovych ... [Published Ukrinform - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Pavlohrad (Ukraine), Ukraine, Chemical Plant

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Wright Flyer

What's The World's Largest Engine?

This is the GE90-115B, the world's biggest jet engine. It's 18 feet long, 11.25 feet wide, and it weighs 18,260 pounds. It's set a world record for producing 127,900 lbf of thrust. Can you find a bigger engine?Yes, we're looking for the world's biggest ... [Published Jalopnik - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Wright Flyer, QOTD, Rocket Engine

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Rocket-powered bike sets new speed record

KUSA - A daredevil on a mountain bike has broken a top speed record, but he needed the help of a rocket engine to do it.Frenchman François Gissy reached a speed of 163 mph.The mountain bike, powered by hydrogen peroxide, broke the previous record of 150 ... [Published KUSA-TV - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Rocket Engine, Mulhouse (France), Hydrogen Peroxide

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Kinja

New Record Set For Bicycles At 263 KPH

Team in Mulhouse, France straps a hydrogen peroxide rocket engine to a mountain bike for speed record.This is what happens when you have engineers living in a country where motorsport is illegal.A Swiss engineer has developed a hydrogen peroxide rocket ... [Published Autos.ca - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Rocket Engine, Hydrogen Peroxide, Kinja, Mulhouse (France), Subaru Auto Co

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Uncomplicated Programs Of fastrack wa...

It's truly a matter of pride in owning a Braun watch, which performs fantastically year after year. The Orion service module will have a modified space shuttle orbital maneuvering system engine as its main rocket engine. In the past 5 years they have ... [Published Al Bawaba - May 20 2013]

Entities: Bomber, High Fashion Intl Ltd, Kenneth Cole, Rocket Engine

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Space.com

How Electric Spacecraft Could Fly NASA to Mars

Electric vehicles aren't just popular on the ground it turns out they're all the rage in space these days, too. While still not as common as traditional chemical spacecraft engines, electric engines are growing in popularity for both Earth-orbiting satellites ... [Published Space.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Space.com, Chemical, NASA, Spacecraft, Ion

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Report: IRS Covered Up Scandal Until After Election

Friday's IRS Congressional hearings have made three things abundantly clear. First, Democrats and the IRS believe they can convince the American people that the singling out of conservative groups for audits, leaks, and Kafka-esque like "questionnaires" ... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 17 2013]

Entities: Elections, Barack Obama, Sarah Hall, Rocket Engine, White House

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Amazon CEO's Moon Rocket Engines on Public View in Kansas

The massive moon rocket engines that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos salvaged from the ocean floor are now undergoing conservation in Kansas, and the public is invited to watch the work in action.The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center will open its new SpaceWorks ... [Published Space.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc, Rocket Engine, Space Travel

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Thinking About No-Hassle Systems In f...

Okay, there was also the supine, cross-legged dead frog in the dining room shortly before I moved into my brand new home. The Orion service module will have a modified space shuttle orbital maneuvering system engine as its main rocket engine. Once you've ... [Published Al Bawaba - May 16 2013]

Entities: Space shuttle, Rocket Engine, Codec, Video On Demand

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

And So We Begin Again

The roar of a 5,000 pound rocket engine has returned to the Johnson Space Center. The Morpheus team has completed the build-up of our “Bravo” vehicle, conducted numerous integrated tests, and has now stepped into our flight test program.We are picking ... [Published Space Fellowship - May 08 2013]

Entities: Rocket Engine, Flight Test, Vector

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 11 reports

VIDEO: Spaceship makes first powered flight

The spaceplane being developed by UK billionaire Sir Richard Branson has made its first powered flight.The vehicle was dropped from a carrier aircraft high above California's Mojave Desert and ignited its rocket engine to go supersonic for a few seconds. ... [Published BBC - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Rocket Engine, Supersonic, Sir Richard Branson

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 7 reports

Virgin rockets closer to space

Video settings Please Log in to update your video settings Video will begin in 5 seconds.Don't play Play now More video Recommended Replay video Video settingsPlease Log in to update your video settings Founder Sir Richard Branson has labelled the Virgin ... [Published Canberra Times - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson, George Whitesides, Aabar Investments PJSC

Quotes

"Thanks to the cooperation with our American partners, the industrial complex with a full cycle of processing propellant and rocket engine casing has been created at the Pavlohrad chemical plant. Today, we can confidently say that the practical implementation of interstate commitments made by Ukraine under the agreement on the reduction and limitation of strategic arms has entered its final stage" the head of state said

Implementation of Ukraine's commitment to reduce strategic weapons enters final stage - President [Published Ukrinform - 10 hours ago]

...fuel efficiency works on getting your vehicle mass down at the expense of your thrust dropping, which means longer trip times," Carpenter said. "There's a balance between reducing the mass and increasing the trip time. It's up to the architect of the system to figure out the right balance." Missions to Mars

How Electric Spacecraft Could Fly NASA to Mars [Published Space.com - May 17 2013]

...milestones are a source of inspiration for the future," said Josef K$cher, Head of Site in Lampoldshausen and Vice President Orbital Propulsion. "Over the past five years, the number of employees in Lampoldhausen has doubled, and our investment in the site's buildings and facilities reflects this development. Our site activities are based on a broad product portfolio, which ranges from chemical to electrical propulsion systems for space travel. Lampoldhausen is where we have pooled our expertise in the realm of propulsion systems. Thanks to this know-how, we continue to be well-positioned both within the company and in global markets."

Astrium secures the future of its Lampoldshausen space site [Published Noodls - May 17 2013]

The IRS commissioner "has known for at least a year that this was going on," said Myers, "and that this had happened. And did he share any of that information with the White House? But even more importantly, Congress is going to ask him, why did you mislead us for an entire year? Members of Congress were saying conservatives are being targeted. What's going on here? The IRS denied it. Then when -- after these officials are briefed by the IG that this is going on, they don't disclose it. In fact, the commissioner sent a letter to Congress in September on this subject and did not reveal this. Imagine if we -- if you can -- what would have happened if this fact came out in September 2012, in the middle of a presidential election? The terrain would have looked very different."

Report: IRS Covered Up Scandal Until After Election [Published Breitbart Feed - May 17 2013]

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Report: IRS Covered Up Scandal Until After Elec... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 17 2013] Friday's IRS Congressional hearings have made three things abundantly clear. First, Democrats and the IRS believe they can convince the American people that the singling out of conservative groups for audits, leaks, and Kafka-esque like "questionnaires" ...
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Virgin Galactic SS2 Space Tourism spacecraft ma... [Published Newlaunches.com - Apr 30 2013] We were all raving about the amazing prospect of being able to travel through space , thanks to the mighty and thoughtful Sir Richard Branson. The spaceship, known as SpaceShipTwo or SS2 made its maiden powered flight, finally. It was dropped from a ...
Virgin Galactic Pulls Off First Successful Rock... [Published Gawker - Apr 30 2013] Virgin Galactic, the space-tourism business launched by ruddy cartoon businessman Richard Branson, pulled off its first successful rocket-powered flight yesterday, bringing the world one step closer to a future in which rich people can go to space, for ...
BOOM: Virgin Galactic breaks the sound barrier [Published Venturebeat - Apr 30 2013] If you were in the Mojavi Desert today and heard something loud and bewildering, it could have been the inaugural test flight of Virgin Galactic’s full spaceship today. The rocket engine, paired with its spacecraft blew past the sound barrier today, paving ...

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Virgin Galactic completes first powered flight [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Apr 30 2013]

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