IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Cylindrical, cutaway, with tapering ...

Click to open image viewer. The Merlin 1D engine, with up to 190,000 pounds of thrust, is the powerhouse of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. The engine uses liquid oxygen (LOX) and RP-1 ...

Goddard had many impressive firsts beyond the first liquid fueled rocket. He was the first to implement a De Laval nozzle on a rocket something that greatly improves rocket efficiency and is used on ...

It's been a century since a two-second rocket flight in Massachusetts kicked off the liquid-rocket-fuel revolution. Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945), who directed the flight, is widely considered to be ...