A new test of nuclear propellant fuel under space-like conditions has been hailed as a success by NASA and General Atomics ...

Russian scientists claim to have developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could enable travel to Mars in just one to ...

NASA has just tested a game-changing rocket engine that could revolutionize space travel. The Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE ...

Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, recently developed a new spacecraft engine with impressive specifications.

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...

Since then all the advances have been in making rockets larger and more efficient through innovations peripheral to the rocket engine itself. There are alternatives to chemical rockets ...

The vehicle's first stage will land vertically, similarly to a Falcon 9 rocket ... such as developing a highly efficient full-flow staged combustion engine and a reusable upper stage.

From a thermodynamic point of view, detonations are more efficient than the more commonly known deflagration (classic combustion). While classic combustion in rocket engines takes place at constant ...

The newly tested engines could power a variety of space projects. China's state-owned main space contractor tested five different rocket engines on one day last week in preparation for future ...

NASA and Rocket Lab are entering a new era with Neutron, a rocket including 3D printed parts that will fly in mid-2025.

making it the only company apart from SpaceX to have developed and tested a full-flow staged combustion rocket engine, known for its efficiency. "At the end of the day, you want the vehicle to ...