SpaceX's Raptor Engine Vs. Blue Origin's BE-4 - What's The Difference In These Rocket Engines

SpaceX and Blue Origin have different visions for the future of space exploration. How will their rocket engines power the ...
Houston Chronicle

Houston-based Venus Aerospace achieves ‘world first’ during rocket engine test for high ...

A new type of rocket engine, one that could power a plane from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours, has eluded scientists for decades. Houston’s Venus Aerospace says it recently solved the puzzle.
Ars Technica

For the first time in the US, a rotating detonation rocket engine takes flight

A US-based propulsion company, Venus Aerospace, said Wednesday it had completed a short flight test of its rotating detonation rocket engine at Spaceport America in New Mexico. The company’s chief ...
New Atlas

World's first rotating detonation rocket engine flight ... maybe

In what may be a world first, Venus Aerospace has, for the first time in the US, successfully flown a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) that uses supersonic explosions to create thrust. Such ...
The Space Race on MSN

Why NASA Built A Rocket Engine That Had To Explode To Succeed

Deep in a remote desert test site, NASA engineers built an engine meant to fail — violently. The detonation wasn’t an ...
Ars Technica

A privately developed Australian rocket is ready for a historic launch

Gilmour Space, a venture-backed startup based in Australia, is about to launch a small rocket from its privately owned spaceport on a remote stretch of the country’s northeastern coastline. It’s the ...
autoevolution

Christian Von Koenigsegg Drives a Toyota To Work, It's a Three-Cylinder Pocket Rocket

With a net worth estimated at $100 million, Christian von Koenigsegg wants to keep a low profile and commutes to work in a tiny Toyota Yaris. Of course, it is not just any Toyota Yaris. It is the GR ...