On January 16, 2007, at a facility on the Mojave Desert, NASA tested an engine with methane as its fuel. With methane abundantly available in the solar system, it is considered a better fuel to use ...

Alliant Techsystems recently demonstrated a critical capability of its liquid oxygen (LOX)/Methane rocket engine by igniting it in a vacuum chamber. The successful ignition test was designed to ...

Going straight up is hard. It takes a lot of energy. For those of us who enjoy hiking, cycling or running, hills are the bane ...

Alliant Techsystems has received a $10.4M technology development contract to reduce the risk to develop a non-toxic Liquid Oxygen (LOx)-Liquid Methane rocket engine that could be used on future Crew ...

In 2007, Volvo Trucks demonstrated for the first time a truck that was able to run on biogas and biodiesel. Volvo Trucks has announced it will be the first manufacturer to produce an efficient diesel ...

The government has officially begun developing a methane-based space launch vehicle engine with reusable 35-ton-class propulsion. This marks the first time in South Korea that methane launch vehicle ...

The current standards for LNG for marine use (ISO 23306:2020) don’t define limits for Methane Number even though it is an important fuel characteristic that can vary with fuel source and the addition ...

Technology group Wärtsilä, in partnership with Chevron Shipping Company, plans to convert one engine on six of Chevron Transport Corporation LNG Carriers from dual-fuel (DF) to spark gas (SG) ...