NASA’s latest breakthrough, the Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE), could revolutionize space travel with up to 5% greater fuel ...
“The final test achieved a fantastic 6,000 Newtons of thrust, breaking the previous record set by the University of Sheffield ...
The Sea Dragon, a 490-foot behemoth, would have been built of inexpensive steel and launched from the sea, minimizing ground ...
This technology utilizes fluid dynamics to manipulate the direction of thrust produced by jet engines or rocket nozzles, allowing for improved performance in various flight conditions. Recent ...
While rocket launches will remain the realm of energetic chemical-based rockets, some spacecraft have swapped to more efficient, low-thrust forms of propulsion like the ion engine. For instance ...
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...
SpaceX is set to launch the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket, which will include a crucial test for how it will deploy satellites.
India's IISc-incubated startup SpaceFields has successfully tested its innovative aerospike solid rocket engine, showcasing a peak thrust of 13.42 kN ...
For the first time since its founding, nearly a quarter of a century ago, Blue Origin had reached orbit. The long-awaited ...
The New Glenn, powered by BE-4 engines, is a two-stage, heavy-lift orbital rocket with 3.85 million pounds of thrust at launch, more than double that of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which produces ...