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 ...

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

Astrobotic, a developer of lunar landers and suborbital rockets, has successfully tested an advanced rocket engine that could ...

There's a somewhat simple explanation behind the rocket science at play here, but the visual result is astounding.

Astrobotic has achieved a record-breaking 300-second continuous burn of its Chakram rotating detonation rocket engine during testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The two prototypes ...

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

Welcome to Edition 8.38 of the Rocket Report! The big news this week concerned the third launch of the New Glenn rocket. The ...

Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, conduct a successful, 251-second hot fire test of a full-scale Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine combustor in fall 2023, ...

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

A US-based propulsion company has successfully launched and flown a new rocket powered by a unique rotating detonation engine. Although relatively small by rocket standards, the test could pave the ...