propellant

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"But we're also humans trying to load millions of pounds of propellant onto a giant machine and send it to the Moon," he added.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The check on Thursday, which involved fuelling the rocket with some 730,000 gallons of propellant over the course of 50-hours, initially revealed no faults.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Using ordinary chemical rockets, you would need an amount of propellant vastly greater than all the mass in the visible universe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The new vehicles will be equipped to handle in-orbit docking and demonstrate vehicle-to-vehicle propellant transfer while in orbit — which is key for future moon or Mars missions.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

Each pound to be launched required three pounds of propellant.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson