by Patrick Londergan | Apr 22, 2024 | Aerospace
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Rocket Propulsion Division, recently designed, printed, built and hot fired a first-ever, single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a process called laser...
by AFRL PA | Sep 17, 2022 | Aerospace, Success Stories
AFRL’S PAST The model you see has been sectioned to show the components that make up the engine: the injector, combustion chamber, and regeneratively cooled nozzle. Not shown are the turbopumps that bring in the fuel and oxidizer to the injector face. The Atlas was...
by AFRL PA | Apr 12, 2022 | News, Space
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFRL) – The Chemical Propulsion Flight Programs Group at the Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully completed the Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-toxic Propellant (ASCENT) monopropellant 1 Newton (1N) thruster testing in the...
by AFRL PA | Feb 24, 2021 | Aerospace
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Propulsion Division hosted a virtual conference of the Management Committee (Integration and Outreach Division) of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),...
by AFRL PA | Oct 7, 2020 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — After more than 20 years and 5,500 graduates, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s University Nanosat Program is still providing college students around the country with a hands-on education in designing, building, and launching a...
