Chinese commercial space company CAS Space has successfully completed a long-duration qualification test for the Kinecore-2, ...

Fire, smoke, and the roar of a rocket engine blasted the Colorado prairie – the Ablative Mark 1 test was an exciting victory. A student club project at the University of Colorado Boulder, the static ...

On June 30, at Blue Origin’s West Texas test facility, a BE-4 rocket engine experienced a catastrophic failure during a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Space startup Astrobotic put its rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) to the test for the first time, demonstrating a potentially groundbreaking technology that generates thrust by supersonic ...

A routine engine test went horribly wrong for Blue Origin last night. Rather than firing its engines, the New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad, reports the Associated Press. While SpaceX ...

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 significant fire erupted at a SpaceX facility in Texas during a test of the Starship rocket’s engines ahead of a long-anticipated test flight. SpaceX is in the process of preparing Starship Version ...

China is pioneering an innovative electromagnetic launch system, aiming to catapult rockets to supersonic speeds using ...