rocket engine
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"This large rocket engine will slow down the ISS, and enable it to have a precise re-entry over the Pacific Ocean, far from land, people or any other potential hazards," Horack explained.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
But the company failed to land New Glenn's main rocket engine, or booster, onto a platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025
The Talon, powered by a liquid-fuel rocket engine, ended its flight by descending into the ocean as planned.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2024
The performance centers on a 1936 rocket engine test in Arroyo Seco Canyon by a precursor to NASA’s JPL.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2023
An Agena is a slim fuel tank about thirty feet long, with a rocket engine sticking out of one end and a hole in the opposite end.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
