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 ...

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I assume that if the detonation/flame front is itself rotating within the combustion chamber/channel/however one chooses to contain and direct it, then the expanding shockwave from the exhaust plume ...

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 ...

Venus Aerospace is developing a 12 passenger Mach 9 hypersonic aircraft (Stargazer) that will connect any destination in the world in under an hour. The aircraft will use a rotating detonation rocket ...

ISTR that the SR-71 was about a foot longer at speed than at rest. They definitely leaked fuel on the ground. And I don't have the unclassified POH for it handy, but ISTR that the SR-71 did the 'dipsy ...

Companies, countries developing 'hypersonic' travel – more than 6x the speed of sound Texas-based Venus Aerospace was selected by Nasa to continue work on Rotating Detonation Rocket Engines (RDREs) ...

HOUSTON — A Houston-based rocket engine company hit a major testing milestone this week on its quest to fly aircraft faster than ever. Venus Aerospace said it has successfully flown its ...

Following its historic rocket engine flight test, Pam Melroy lends decades of aerospace leadership as Venus captures share of a $100B+ propulsion market HOUSTON, Sept. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Venus ...

A new type of rocket engine that could improve aircraft, spacecraft, and other transportation systems is being developed by private and public institutions such as NASA and the Air Force Research ...