Tapered Liquid Acquisition Device (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Tapered Liquid Acquisition Device

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Five variations of the NASA and SwRI-developed tapered liquid acquisition device (LAD), which is designed to safely deliver liquid propellant to a rocket engine from fuel tanks, were aboard Blue Origin's New Shepherd rocket today to evaluate their performance in microgravity.

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