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 ...

open image in gallery SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off, carrying NASA's Crew ... Wednesday’s attempt was thwarted by a hydraulic system issue with a ground support clamp arm for the rocket.

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 ...

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 ...

The Department of Defense announced the contract as follows: Rocket Lab National Security LLC, Long Beach, California (FA8811-25-D-B007); and Stoke Space Technologies Inc., Kent, Washington ...

even though the rocket crashed into the sea off Norway 30 seconds after lift-off. Despite the short test flight, Isar Aerospace said it successfully completed the first test flight of its orbital ...

A powerful rocket, the Long March-5 Y2, has failed an hour after lift-off from Hainan island. It had been taking a seven-tonne communications satellite into space. No further details were released ...