Russian engineers are betting that a radically different rocket engine can compress the long slog to Mars into something closer to an interplanetary commute. Their new plasma propulsion prototype, ...

NASA vs SpaceX rockets compared on cost, technology, and performance, revealing how reusability and innovation reshape modern spaceflight missions.

Europe's Ariane 64 rocket, powered by four boosters for increased strength, is launching its maiden voyage to deploy 32 satellites for Amazon Leo. This marks an advancement in Europe's independent ...

Proving that you can't keep a good technology down, Reaction Engines' Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) has a new lease on life after a British-led consortium announced Invictus, a new ...

Venus Aerospace had the first-ever U.S. flight test of a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE)—a next-gen propulsion technology that’s been theorized for decades, but never flown… until now. The ...

When most people think of rockets, they likely imagine something like SpaceX's Raptor engine, or they might recall the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the Moon. Rockets aren't ...

These advancements in China’s reusable rocket and lunar exploration programs come as NASA prepares to launch a crew of four ...

The Vulcan has launched on its second-ever national security spaceflight in what will be the biggest test yet for ULA's powerful rocket.

Plasma engines could be the future of human space travel, and Russia’s “manetoplasma rockets” have the most ambitious travel goals ...

There have been published papers by the Air Force Research Lab and NASA on rotating detonation engines having 10% or more efficiency gains. A rotating detonation engine (RDE) uses a form of pressure ...

SpaceX currently controls nearly every rocket launch on Earth. With 98% of global orbital launches under its belt, Elon Musk's company has become the de facto gatekeeper to space. While China is still ...