“Black Engine” is the name of a transpiration-cooled ceramic thrust chamber technology developed at DLR Institut of Structures and Design. Taking advantage of the favorable material properties of ...

While the fate of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket hangs in the balance, the agency is pushing ahead with tests of new ...

Once the rocket has been fully tested and licensed, SpaceX and NASA will use the 120-meter-tall vehicle to send crew and cargo to the moon as the U.S. space agency turns its attention to building ...

This validated its design, thrust vector control, and avionics. This engine is designed to power the Nova rocket. Credit: Stoke Space ...

Engineers at the facility fired the 3D-printed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) for a record 251 seconds with 5,800 lb (2,631 kg) of thrust. SUBSCRIBE LOG IN ...

The aerospike engine—specifically the conical aerospike—looks quite similar to a conventional rocket and functions using largely the same principle: exchanging thermal energy for kinetic energy.

While NASA’s Artemis program may ultimately abandon the Space Launch System rocket, for now, Melbourne-based L3Harris is pushing forward with the manufacture of the powerful rocket’s ...

As part of ESA's Future Launchers Preparatory Program (FLPP), the first phase of hot-fire tests has been completed on a new, variable-thrust rocket engine in Warsaw, Poland. The engine is being ...

A Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine is an alternative to traditional combustion-based engines. ... It previously said it was aiming for 10,000-pound-force (44 kN) of thrust in the final design.