Hydraulic actuators — four massive mechanisms four feet in diameter, extending 42 feet into the foundation — delivered 15 million pounds of lifting force to position the rocket. Much of the ...

Meanwhile, check out the load test in the video below as the muscles lift and lower 5 kg (11 lbs) each. A search of Hackaday shows hydraulic artificial muscles may be rare, so perhaps this will be ...

First commercial rocket from western Europe explodes shortly after launch An effort by Isar Aerospace to become the first European commercial space company to launch an orbital rocket from ...

Crew-10 astronauts will board SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to International Space Station, which sets up the return to Earth of Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams ...