Demand for solid rocket motors is unlikely to abate anytime soon, and new competitors are emerging with different approaches to production and individual test fires. At the same time, the market’s ...

A bankrupt company’s air-cooled propulsion system for hypersonic planes is being revived by Invictus, a new European Space Agency (ESA)-backed project aiming to build and fly a hydrogen-powered ...

A US-based space startup raised $6 million to develop a maglev space ramp that will require almost no fuel to fire rockets to ...

SpaceX's Raptor engine is one of the most advanced rocket engines ever built, and it’s rewriting the rules of space travel. In this video, we break down what makes the Raptor so revolutionary ...

In what may be a world first, Venus Aerospace has, for the first time in the US, successfully flown a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) that uses supersonic explosions to create thrust ...

Houston-based Venus Aerospace flew a rotating detonation rocket engine last week, proving a key technology for the high-speed plane it's developing to fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo in two hours.

A company wants to use AI-printed rocket engines to outclass SpaceX at its own game.

advertisement 05-15-2025 DESIGN AI is printing the rocket engine that could beat SpaceX at its own game Leap 71 is developing AI to build rocket engines faster and cheaper than ever before.

Small companies are producing parts for constructing rockets using 3D printing, a technology that has potential to shake up domestic manufacturing.

You've likely watched space shuttles launch using massive rockets, but how exactly do the rockets that are the backbone of space exploration work?