Flying at Speeds up to Mach 16 Could Become Reality
In their latest research published Monday in the journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers discovered a way to stabilize the detonation needed for hypersonic propulsion by creating a special hypersonic reaction chamber for jet engines.
“There is an intensifying international effort to develop robust propulsion systems for hypersonic and supersonic flight that would allow flight through our atmosphere at very high speeds and also allow efficient entry and exit from planetary atmospheres,” says study co-author Kareem Ahmed, an associate professor in UCF’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. “The discovery of stabilizing a detonation the most powerful form of intense reaction and energy release has the potential to revolutionize hypersonic propulsion and energy systems.”
Purdue’s top students to be recognized during 2021 commencement
Note to journalists: Images of the Flora Roberts and G.A. Ross award winners are available on Google Drive. Journalists visiting campus should follow visitor health guidelines. Journalists interested in attending Purdue’s in-person commencements on May15-16 can contact Matthew Oates at oatesw@purdue.edu to arrange for credentials.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Purdue University on Tuesday (May 5) announced the recipients of some of its highest awards for the academic year.
The university’s top female student is Alexandra “Sasha” Kipnis from the College of Science, and the top male student is Zachary A. Marshall from the College of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute and the Honors College.
While this isn't exactly a secret, what is unclear is whether the Son of the Blackbird, as the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been dubbed, was ever more than vaporware.
President Biden’s pick for
NASA administrator former Florida Senator Bill Nelson was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on April 29. Nelson becomes NASA’s 14th administrator, succeeding former Republican Congressman Jim Bridenstine, another political appointee. Steve Jurczyk has served as acting administrator since Bridenstine stepped down after the inauguration.
“I am honored by the President’s nomination and the Senate vote,” Nelson said. “I will try to merit that trust. Onward and upward!”
Nelson served on space committees in both houses of Congress while he was a lawmaker. He is also known for being the second member of congress to travel to space, as he was a payload specialist on a Columbia Space Shuttle mission in January 1986. This mission was the last successful space shuttle flight prior to the Challenger accident.
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