An ion engine is a type of rocket engine that employs a method called electric propulsion. It ionizes and accelerates air or gas by electric discharge, and converts it into thrust. Engineer and ...

Using supersonic shockwaves for combustion, the groundbreaking design could allow aircraft to travel up to six times the ...

Carbon removal buyer coalition Frontier has committed $41 million to climate tech startup Arbor Energy to scale a rocket-inspired biomass power plant that captures 99% of its carbon emissions.

SpaceX has revolutionized rocket technology, making spaceflight more efficient, powerful, and reusable. But how did they do it? With the Raptor engine, SpaceX introduced methane-fueled full-flow ...

Venus Aerospace has achieved a groundbreaking milestone: the company successfully launched a rocket from the ground using its air-breathing rotating detonation engine (RDRE). This hybrid technology ...

In the combustion chamber of a rocket engine used in a spacecraft, the gas can be heated to about 3200 ° C. This high temperature is necessary for the engine to function properly, and various measures ...

Ohio State University researchers have achieved a breakthrough with their centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket (CNTR) design. Recent tests show a specific impulse of 1,800 seconds, potentially reducing ...

A US-based propulsion company, Venus Aerospace, said Wednesday it had completed a short flight test of its rotating detonation rocket engine at Spaceport America in New Mexico. The company's chief ...

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 ...

The reusability of different parts of a space rocket has opened the doors to a literal flood of launches to Earth orbit and beyond. Thanks to the fact that space companies now no longer have to make a ...