On May 19, Indian space-tech startup Agnikul Cosmos achieved a critical engineering milestone that separates conceptual ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a ground test of an upgraded solid-fuel rocket engine, state media reported on Sunday, signalling the country’s continued push to strengthen its weapons ...

Space startup Astrobotic put its rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) to the test for the first time, demonstrating a potentially groundbreaking technology that generates thrust by supersonic ...

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 ...

A new generation of space rockets is inching closer to launch. Private space company Astrobotic recently revealed it carried out a successful test of two of its rotating detonation rocket engines ...

The Chennai-based startup said the test involved calibrating 8 pumps, 8 motors and 8 speed-control algorithms to ensure uniform startup, steady-state operation and shutdown across the system. Agnikul ...

Chinese startup Mega Engine advances reusable staged-combustion rocket engine A new Chinese commercial rocket engine startup ...

UK-based Pulsar Fusion announced it has successfully achieved first plasma in its Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket exhaust system. The demonstration, a world’s first for a rocket of this type, was ...

WASHINGTON — Astrobotic, a developer of lunar landers and suborbital rockets, has successfully tested an advanced rocket engine that could power those vehicles. The Pittsburgh-based company announced ...

On May 28, 2026, SpaceX pinned Super Heavy Booster 19 to the orbital launch mount at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, and lit all 33 of its Raptor 3 engines in a roughly 15-second static fire that, by ...