Now, the initiative is gaining new traction in the modern era as the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations, or DRACO, program. Research into nuclear thermal rocket engines by NASA ...

The Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine combustor during a 251-second hot fire test in fall 2023. Photo: NASA NASA just put its new propulsion system to the test, powering a 3D-printed rotating ...

Share on Flipboard (opens in a new window) NASA has validated the design of a next-generation rocket engine that could power humanity's next phase of deep space exploration. Last year at NASA’s ...

For the past few months, NASA has been testing out an innovative new engine that produces more power than traditional rocket engines, while using less fuel. Called a rotating detonation rocket ...

Explosions get you much more bang from your fuel buck than combustion – if your engine can withstand them. NASA believes the ... a top-fuel dragster or space rocket booster, the combustion ...

These engines use small explosions inside the circular annular channel using the same fuel and oxidizer mixture seen in standard rocket engines ... The new test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight ...

The United States' last nuclear thermal rocket engine tests happened ... the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico helped build nuclear rockets for NASA's Project Rover program.

Here’s how it works. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An engine cooling issue on NASA's giant new rocket for deep-space exploration forced the agency to call off the booster's much-anticipated launch ...

NASA has developed a revolutionary new rocket engine that’s 20-30% more efficient than anything else out there. Additive manufacturing techniques like 3D printing can make rockets quicker and ...

Image source: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris ... the effects offered by this process could reach space much sooner. The new rocket engine is being developed by Pulsar Fusion, an ...

Houston-based Venus Aerospace flew a rotating detonation rocket engine last week, proving a key technology for the high-speed ...