Specific impulse measures how effectively a rocket engine creates thrust from the mass it throws out the back, whether by chemical or any other means. The higher the specific impulse of a rocket ...

The thrust chamber - consisting of the injection head, combustion chamber and expansion nozzle - as part of a rocket engine is one of the most thermally and mechanically stressed parts of a rocket and ...

In order to significantly increase the effectiveness, performance and specific impulse of future rocket engines, high combustion chamber ... development of space transportation systems. The thrust ...

generating thrust. However, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has recently completed a successful test of a different type of rocket, known as a rotating detonation engine. The engine ...

The Raptor 1 had a 185tf thrust, a 350s specific impulse ... Level Raptor engines and three are RVac Raptor engines. Meanwhile, the Super Heavy rocket has many more engines.

SpaceX has shared dramatic footage and images of its Super Heavy booster firing up ahead of its eighth test flight.

Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, recently developed a new spacecraft engine with impressive specifications.

Each rocket has a different function: The BE-3PM is designed to thrust the rocket ... dual-expander cycle engine that generates 10,000 lbf (44.5 kN). “The high specific impulse, deep throttling ...