The Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine combustor during a 251-second hot fire test in fall 2023. Photo: NASA NASA just put its new propulsion system to the test, powering a 3D-printed rotating ...

The aerospace industry is on the verge of being completely transformed. Partly responsible for that are the many startups working on technologies so out of this world that they might completely ...

Texas-based startup Venus Aerospace clears a major hurdle in its new reusable hypersonic engine technology. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

A new type of rocket engine, one that could power a plane from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours, has eluded scientists for decades. Houston's Venus Aerospace says it recently solved the puzzle.

A US-based propulsion company has successfully launched and flown a new rocket powered by a unique rotating detonation engine. Although relatively small by rocket standards, the test could pave the ...

Researchers in China have introduced a new hypersonic engine concept by integrating a ramjet with a rotary detonation engine. A team at Tsinghua University in Beijing created a new design known as the ...

Key to this is the Venus Aerospace VDR2 air-breathing detonation ramjet engine that was unveiled last year. The heart of it is a ramjet that propels test vehicles at hypersonic speeds. At first, it ...

Venus Aerospace's rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE). Houston, Texas-based Venus Aerospace, a hypersonics pioneer aimed at developing reusable hypersonic flight platforms, recently achieved one ...