VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME, September 6. /TASS/. The jet engine RD-180 will be used in creating a new generation medium class rocket Soyuz-6, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin told the media on Friday.
US company signs contracts for building rocket engine to substitute for Russian RD-180 WASHINGTON, April 29. /TASS/. US Department of Defense asked the Congress to extend up to 2022 operation of ...
Shortly thereafter, work began on a new engine, the RD-180. It would be twice as big as the NK-33, with five times the thrust of a jumbo jet. The RD-180 was not a slam dunk design, however.