A new generation of space rockets is inching closer to launch. Private space company Astrobotic recently revealed it carried out a successful test of two of its rotating detonation rocket engines ...

UK space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has conducted the first test of a prototype exhaust system for a nuclear fusion rocket engine that could dramatically cut transit times for missions to Mars ...

A little more than two months ago, a Rocket Lab employee called the Stennis Space Center Fire Department from the nearby E3 test stand. There was a grass fire where Archimedes engines undergo testing.

Framegrab from a video of a long-duration hot fire of the Chi engine. Credit: Mega Engine HELSINKI — A new Chinese commercial rocket engine startup has conducted a successful long-duration hot fire ...

A 220-ton-class BF (Blue Flame) methane–liquid oxygen rocket engine developed by Landspace fires during a long-duration ground test in 2026. Credit: Landspace HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup ...

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 Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded during a hot-fire engine test at Cape Canaveral, producing a large fireball.

Elon Musk's space company SpaceX successfully conducted a test launch of the next-generation model of its giant rocket ...