There have been published papers by the Air Force Research Lab and NASA on rotating detonation engines having 10% or more efficiency gains. A rotating detonation engine (RDE) uses a form of pressure ...

There was a time when Russia and the United States were in a highly competitive race to the moon. But the 1960s came and went, with America emerging as the pioneer of space travel. The U.S. is still ...

The first of four RS-25 engines that will power NASA’s Artemis III mission has arrived inside the Vehicle Assembly Building ...

In the endless pursuit of faster, more efficient travel, engineers have been cooking up all kinds of new forms of propulsion. One of the most interesting to emerge in the last decade is the electric ...

Andrew Duggleby, co-founder and CTO of Venus Aerospace, discusses their groundbreaking propulsion technology. They have a ramjet integrated with a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) which they ...

"MachLab is ready to play a key role in the U.K.'s strategy to return to vertical launch, ensuring that students and researchers can access hotfire facilities in a safe and controlled environment." ...

Humanity’s plans for deep-space exploration hinge on the ability to use basic resources, such as water, to propel rockets to farther destinations in the solar system. Despite decades of ...

Next-generation rockets are changing space exploration by making launch vehicles more reusable, powerful, and capable of supporting deep space missions. Modern rocket technology is no longer focused ...

If we really are to fulfill all our dreams of expanding our reach into the solar system, we definitely must come up with new rocket engine technologies for our spaceships. The industry knows this, and ...