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The World's Biggest Solid-Propellant Rocket Has Successfully Launched For A Second Time

A private Chinese firm has successfully launched the world's largest solid-propellant rocket for a second time. The company, Orienspace, launched the gigantic 30-meter Gravity-1 rocket from a barge in ...
SpaceNews

X-Bow to demonstrate additive manufacturing of solid rocket motors for U.S. Air Force

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded X-Bow Systems, a startup that specializes in solid rocket propulsion, a $17.8 million contract to demonstrate additive manufacturing ...
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3D printing promises more efficient ways to make custom explosives and rocket propellants

3D printing can be used to build with all kinds of materials – even those that go 'boom.' kynny/iStock via Getty Images Imagine you’re driving to work on a rainy day, when a distracted, reckless ...
The Conversation

3D printing promises more efficient ways to make custom explosives and rocket propellants

Monique McClain receives funding from Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Army Research Office (ARO), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Imagine you’re driving to ...