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European SpaceX rival just won a €760 million contract days after raising $450 million to build its own rocket engine

Quick ReadSpaceX (SPCX), at $149.50, faces a state-backed European rival that won a €760M ESA cargo contract days after ...
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New Houston stand puts rotating detonation rocket engine through mission-like tests

Venus Aerospace has opened a new propulsion test stand at Houston Spaceport as it ...
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Rocket propulsion company Venus Aerospace opens new test site at Houston Spaceport

Venus, a Houston-based startup, successfully tested a rotating detonation rocket engine in 2024, calling it a major advance ...

Rocket Report: Engines installed for Artemis III; Long March 6C breakup in LEO

Isar Aerospace is about to make the next attempt to launch the Spectrum rocket into orbit, with a weeklong launch window set ...
TechCrunch

Venus Aerospace raises $90M Series B to build a new kind of rocket engine

Build a new kind of rocket engine and the world will beat a path to your door. Or at least that’s how it’s worked out for Venus Aerospace and its Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE), an ...
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Staged Combustion Engine Fires Up for the First Time, Spits Out 350,000 HP in One Second

It's incredible how many different kinds of rocket engines are being developed at the same time to be used in space exploration. It's something that goes to show, if there was still a need for it, ...
Business Wire

Rocket Lab Completes Archimedes Engine Build, Begins Engine Test Campaign

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has completed the ...
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Archimedes 3D Printed Engine Will Send the Neutron Rocket Into Space at Least 20 Times

Ever since SpaceX made reusability the most desirable trait of a spacefaring operation, all the companies working in this industry have shifted their attention toward making hardware that can fly to ...
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Gizmodo Science Fair: A Rocket Engine That Turns Controlled Explosions Into Thrust

Using supersonic shockwaves for combustion, the groundbreaking design could allow aircraft to travel up to six times the speed of sound. Reading time 4 minutes Venus Aerospace is a winner of the 2025 ...
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YouTuber Builds an Adjustable Rocket Nozzle That Changes Size While the Engine Is Running

Rocket engines sometimes commit to one nozzle shape and live with it. Integza decided that was unnecessarily permanent. In a 16-minute video, the engineering creator built a small propane-and-air ...
ExtremeTech

Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Survives First Subsonic Flight Test

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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Rocket Engines That Flew 22 Space Shuttle Missions Are Ready for NASA’s Next Moon Mission

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 engines, recently passed a critical milestone that put the integrated system to ...