China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's major space contractor, conducted on Sunday a major test on a new ...

Rotating detonation rocket engines work differently than traditional rockets to maximize thrust while using less fuel—an ...

Astrobotic put its Chakram rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) through its paces for the ...

Astrobotic Technology says it has fired a rotating detonation rocket engine at 4,000 pounds of thrust, a milestone that puts ...

Rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) work differently from conventional designs. Typical rocket engines rely on a ...

Using supersonic shockwaves for combustion, the groundbreaking design could allow aircraft to travel up to six times the speed of sound. Reading time 4 minutes Venus Aerospace is a winner of the 2025 ...

The burn is fully underway. Like a car engine, the goal is to burn as close to 100% of the fuel with the available oxygen as possible. SCREENSHOT / COURTESY BLUSHIFT AEROSPACE Brunswick aerospace ...

In what may be a world first, Venus Aerospace has, for the first time in the US, successfully flown a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) that uses supersonic explosions to create thrust. Such ...

On May 14, 2025 Venus Aerospace became the first in the world to successfully fly a high-thrust rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) — achieving what no government or private entity had done ...

Two Chakram engine prototypes accumulated more than 470 seconds of total run time.

HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Landspace carried out a breakthrough static fire test Friday as it builds towards an orbital launch attempt with its Zhuque-3 rocket. The nine engines of the Zhuque-3 ...

HELSINKI — China conducted a rocket stage hot fire test Friday in the latest step in the country’s plans to land astronauts on the moon. A shortened Long March 10 rocket first stage test article fixed ...