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

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

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 ...

Venus Aerospace had the first-ever U.S. flight test of a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE)—a next-gen propulsion technology that’s been theorized for decades, but never flown… until now. The ...

There's a somewhat simple explanation behind the rocket science at play here, but the visual result is astounding.

If we really are to fulfill all our dreams of expanding our reach into the solar system, we definitely must come up with new rocket engine technologies for our spaceships. The industry knows this, and ...

A startup high-speed flight company from Houston, Texas, has successfully tested its Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) ultimately aimed at allowing travel at four to six times the speed of ...

A new propulsion milestone has been reached as Astrobotic successfully tests its experimental Chakram rotating detonation ...

There have been published papers by the Air Force Research Lab and NASA on rotating detonation engines having 10% or more efficiency gains. A rotating detonation engine (RDE) uses a form of pressure ...

Venus Aerospace (Houston, Texas, U.S.), an aerospace startup building advanced engine systems for hypersonic flight, has successfully completed a technological advancement supported by a NASA Small ...

WASHINGTON — Astrobotic, a developer of lunar landers and suborbital rockets, has successfully tested an advanced rocket engine that could power those vehicles. The Pittsburgh-based company announced ...