Boeing 747 and the Space Shuttle
What role did Boeing 747 played in the development of Space Shuttle program? Let's find out.
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April 4, 2023
Atlantis being mated in California
Falcon Heavy reusable side boosters land in unison at Cape Canaveral Landing Zones 1 and 2 following test flight on 6 February 2018.
Photo Credits: SpaceX
Falcon Heavy: Magnificient Engineering
Falcon Heavy is the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. With the ability to lift into orbit nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb) Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy. Falcon Heavy is composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft. Falcon Heavy…
July 11, 2021
Falcon 9 rocket family; from left to right: Falcon 9 v1.0, v1.1, Full Thrust, Block 5, and Falcon Heavy.
Photo credits: Lucabon/SpaceX
Falcon 9: The most loved rocket
Falcon 9 rocket family; from left to right: Falcon 9 v1.0, v1.1, Full Thrust, Block 5, and Falcon Heavy. Photo credits: Lucabon/SpaceX Falcon 9 is a reusable, two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of people and payloads into Earth orbit and beyond. Falcon 9 is the world’s first orbital-class reusable rocket. Reusability allows SpaceX to refly the most expensive parts of the rocket, which in turn drives down the cost of space access. A…
July 11, 2021
Launch of a Falcon 1 rocket from the SpaceX launch site on Kwajalein Atoll, September 28, 2008. Credits: Chris Thompson/SpaceX
Falcon 1: Start of an era!
Falcon 1 was the first rocket developed by SpaceX. It is a two-stage launch vehicle capable of putting a metric ton (1000 kg) into low Earth orbit. Falcon 1 uses a single Merlin, a SpaceX-developed, LOX-kerosene rocket engine producing ~570,000 newtons of thrust (for comparison, a single Shuttle main engine burns LOX-hydrogen fuel and produces about 2,300,000 newtons of thrust). The Falcon 1 was designed to put relatively small satellites into low earth orbit. With such payload capacity, it is also…
July 11, 2021
Single Merlin engine under test conditions.
Credits: SpaceX
Merlin Engines powering Falcon 9
Falcon 9 is powered by a Merlin engine. It has the highest thrust-to-weight ratio of any boost engine ever made, while still maintaining the structural and thermal safety margins needed to carry astronauts. Merlin engines use RP-1 and liquid oxygen as rocket propellants in a gas-generator power cycle. The Merlin engine was originally designed for sea recovery and reuse. Propellants are fed via a single shaft, dual impeller turbopump. The turbopump also provides high-pressure fluid for the hydraulic actuators, which then…
July 10, 2021
A screenshot from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope depicting the Millennium Falcon
Falcon 9: Naming
Falcon 9 and the smaller Falcon 1 rockets — are named after the fictional “Millennium Falcon” spaceship from the "Star Wars" movies. The number 9 in Falcon “9” indicates the number of Merlin engines in the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket as depicted in the next image. A screenshot from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope depicting the Millennium Falcon Elon Musk has publicly stated his love for Star Wars, many times. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1009011461924876288 Musk was just 5 years…
July 10, 2021
A painting showing the British forces confronted with Mysorean rockets
Tipu Sultan & The World’s First War Rocket
It is far better to live like a lion for a day then to live like a jackal for hundred years.Tipu Sultan Tipu Sultan, also known as Tipu Sahab or the Tiger of Mysore, was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India and a pioneer of rocket artillery. Tippu was instructed in military tactics by French officers in the employ of his father, Hyder Ali, who was the Muslim ruler of Mysore. In 1767 Tippu commanded a…
July 7, 2021
All Saturn V launches, 1967–1973.
Photo credits: NASA
Saturn V: The King of All Rockets!
As of 2021, the Saturn V holds the record for the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful (highest total impulse) rocket ever launched. It also holds records for the heaviest payload launched and largest payload capacity to low Earth orbit (LEO) of 140,000 kg, which included the third stage and unburned propellant needed to send the Apollo command and service module and Lunar Module to the Moon. Further adding to the achievements list, to date, Saturn V is the only rocket to…
July 4, 2021
Soyuz insertion timeline.
Credits: European Space Agency
Soyuz-U: Holding Multiple World Records!
World record for highest number of launches in a single year: 47 launchesWorld record for total number of missions in lifetime: 786 launchesStreak of consecutive successful launches: 112 launches The above is some of the achievement of the mighty Soyuz-U rocket! This is one of the few rockets that will hold its records for a long time. Soyuz 18 booster on the launch pad 1 at the Baikonur complex in Kazakhstan, USSR. Photo credits: NASA The Soyuz-U launch vehicle was an…
July 4, 2021
Atlas V 401 on launch pad.
Credits: NASA
Atlas V: The rocket with success rate of 99%!
Atlas V is one of the most reliable launch vehicles of NASA with 86 out of 87 successful launches and is still active, with the last launch on 18th May 2021. It was originally designed by Lockheed Martin, now being operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing. It is the fifth major version of the Atlas rocket family. Atlas V has taken many notable payloads. Curiosity Rover, Juno, New Horizons, MAVEN, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter…
July 4, 2021