History of liquid-propellant rocket engines in Russia, formerly the Soviet Union

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1008-1037

  Sutton, George P ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; HISTORY; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; NOZZLES; SPACE FLIGHT;

COMBUSTION STABILITY; LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINES; RUSSIA;

ROCKET ENGINES;

EID: 0346885937     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6943     Document Type: Article

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