pressure vessel
Britishnoun
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Harvard University astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell in his online Space Report identified the debris found on Burucki’s property as a composite overwrapped pressure vessel from the second stage.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025
Johnson placed the proteins in the pressure vessel and adjusted the system to mimic the pressure and temperature conditions required for clathrate formation.
From Science Daily • Sep. 27, 2023
The structural backbone of the crew module is called the pressure vessel, made of an aluminium-lithium alloy.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2021
A year later, another rocket blew up on the launchpad after the failure of a pressure vessel in the second stage liquid-oxygen tank.
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2020
The hole needs to be at least 2.5 m long and the full 2 m width ot the pressure vessel.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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