Of course this was an expensive proposition; a motor ... start and restart tests, and a test that involved throttling the engine. It’s an extremely impressive piece of kit, and hopefully [Rocket ...

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 ...

We are fascinated by the hybrid rocket engine which [Ben Krasnow] built and ... but this hybrid approach is much different. When a rocket motor using solid propellant is lit it continues to ...

Venus Aerospace, the startup building an advanced engine system for hypersonic flight, successfully completed a ...

When most people think of rockets, they likely imagine something like SpaceX's Raptor engine, or they might recall the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the Moon. Rockets aren't ...

Timothy Hinerman, a program manager at Blue Origin, polishes up the nozzle of a BE-3U rocket engine during installation at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. (Museum of Flight Photo / Ted Huetter ...