SpaceNews

Full Ignition For ESA’s Prometheus Reusable Rocket Engine

Work to develop a reusable engine for European rockets is progressing, with full ignition of an early prototype of Prometheus. These images were taken on 22 June 2023 at ArianeGroup’s test facility in ...
Earth.com

Europe takes a big leap forward in the space race with a new engine

Europe certifies a new, more powerful space engine called the P160C. It is key to launching stronger rockets from South ...
NextBigFuture

Venus Aerospace Achieves First Ignition of VDR2 – Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine

Venus Aerospace, a leader in hypersonics deep-tech startups aimed at revolutionizing high-speed flight, has successfully achieved ignition of its ‘VDR2’ engine. VDR2 offers a single engine solution ...
Newsweek

Video Shows China’s Space Startup Testing Powerful New Rocket Engine

The Chinese space company iSpace has successfully completed a series of critical ignition tests for its JD-2 engine. Between December 19 and 25, the independently developed JD-2 engine underwent six ...
SpaceNews

Rocket Lab Successfully Completes First Test Fire of Reused Rutherford Engine

Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab”, or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, has successfully test fired a reused Rutherford first stage engine for the first time – ...
NextBigFuture

Lockheed and GE Test Hypersonic Engine

GE and Lockheed ground tested a new air-breathing hypersonic jet engine capable of powering missiles to speeds well in excess ...
techtimes

China's 130-Ton Liquid Oxygen Kerosene Rocket Engine Completes Ground Tests, Sets New Propulsion Record

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC) has achieved a major milestone in space exploration with the successful completion of ground tests for its 130-ton reusable liquid oxygen kerosene ...
ExtremeTech

NASA's Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Aces New Test

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Reuters

Japan's space agency halts Epsilon S rocket engine test after explosion

TOKYO, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday after it exploded and caught fire, a repeated failure that will likely push the rocket's debut ...
The New York Times

Rocket Engine Fire Stalls Japan’s Ambitions to Launch Satellites

Japan is off to a shaky start in its efforts to break into the space rocket market dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Japan halted an engine ...
Space.com

ULA chronicles the rise of Vulcan rocket in new employee-drawn comic book

Vulcan, United Launch Alliance's (ULA) new heavy-lift rocket, was not the result of having to flee an exploding planet, being exposed to gamma rays or even surviving the bite of a radioactive spider, ...