The Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket (CNTR) is a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) concept designed to heat propellant ...

The fuel in a standard liquid rocket engine doesn’t detonate at all ... Venus’ RDE rocket augments its burn by drawing in outside air into the combustor while adding extra fuel to the mix ...

The Project Liquid Team at the Yale Undergraduate Aerospace Association conducted the first test of their liquid rocket engine on April 2. Whereas before, only select systems of the engine were ...

Taking a new staged combustion liquid rocket engine from cleansheet design to hot fire in just a couple of years is industry-leading stuff. We’ve been consistently impressed with the performance ...

With the successful tests, NASA engineers are now working on a fully reusable 10,000-pound (4,536 kilogram) RDRE to compare its performance to traditional liquid rocket engines. NASA’s ...

DENVER, May 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ursa Major's Hadley liquid rocket engine designed for commercial space and national security needs, successfully achieved sustained hypersonic speeds during two ...

That is the facility the American space agency uses to test liquid rocket engines at sea level conditions. NASA plans to begin acceptance testing for the powerplant as soon as next month.

Isro hot tested a liquid rocket engine using additive manufacturing on May 9, achieving significant design advantages. This success may lead to future advancements in rocket engine technology for ...

The alloy, part of a family of NASA-developed alloys, is used in high-heat applications such as liquid rocket engine combustion devices because of its high conductivity and strength. Additive ...

CEDAR PARK, Texas, April 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced the company was awarded a contract from the Air Force ...