Even today, hydrazine is perhaps the most common monopropellant applied to contemporary space probes when low-power minute course corrections are what's needed.

The recent crash of a South Dakota Air National Guard F-16 into a warehouse near March Air Reserve Base highlights once again the risk associated with Hydrazine leakes. As already reported, on May ...

Hydrazine (N2H4) is a highly toxic organic amine that can spontaneously ignite or explode when exposed to strong oxidants, air, or high temperatures. It is classified as a Class B2 hazardous ...

Hydrazine is a key propellant widely used in the military’s fighter jets and NASA and SpaceX’s shuttles and rockets. It is toxic, caustic, ...

Hydrazine is a colorless liquid (for more info click here) that feeds the electrical systems and the EPU (Emergency Power Unit) in case of engine failure. Should a flame-out occur, hydraulic and ...

The spy satellites that’s coming down in a few weeks has been labeled a hazard, and will be destroyed using a Navy missile sometime soon. It’s not just that if the satellite is allowed to come ...

CNES and Alcatel Alenia Space nonetheless have decided to weld certain hydrazine tank segments in the future, in particular for the Jason-2 satellite, to be launched in 2008 aboard a Delta 2 rocket.

Hydrazine is the simplest pnictogen hydride and is used as a propellant in rockets and airbags. Calca is a longtime hydrazine supplier to the US government for military and aerospace applications.