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

Rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) work differently from conventional designs. Typical rocket engines rely on a ...

Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic, a space robotics company, recently completed a successful hot fire test of its Chakram rotating ...

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

Space startup Astrobotic put its rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) to the test for the first time, demonstrating a ...

SpaceX pinned its Super Heavy booster to the launch mount at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, and lit all 33 Raptor engines in a full-duration static fire test in late April 2026, marking the final ...

Private space company Astrobotic annouced the longest hot fire test of a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE), 300 ...

Watch how the Space Launch System rocket RS-25 undergoes a core stage engine test-fire. Credit: NASA's Stennis Space Center ...

Welcome to Edition 8.37 of the Rocket Report! NASA is still climbing down from the high of the Artemis II mission, the first ...

SpaceX fires up world’s biggest rocket ahead of crucial flight - Starship is contracted to take astronauts to the Moon as part of Nasa’s Artemis program ...