Rotating detonation rocket engines work differently than traditional rockets to maximize thrust while using less fuel—an ...

There's a somewhat simple explanation behind the rocket science at play here, but the visual result is astounding.

America has revealed a self-rotating engine. Rotary engines are commonly called Wankel engines, paying tribute to the inventor Frank Wankel, the person who started to create these machines. It ...

Yesterday, Vladimir Putin presented his country with a belated Christmas present: the Avangard hypersonic missile. According to Russian media, it's capable of reaching Mach 20. And if its ability to ...

A Florida team working with the US Air Force claims that it's built and tested an experimental model of a rotating detonation rocket engine, which uses spinning explosions inside a ring channel to ...

Rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) work differently from conventional designs. Typical rocket engines rely on a ...

NASA believes the rotating detonation engine could be the future of deep space travel, and it's getting strong results in prototype testing. Combustion engines are tried and true, and however angry ...

Liquid-fuelled rocket engine design has largely followed a simple template since the development of the German V-2 rocket in the middle of World War 2. Propellant and oxidizer are mixed in a ...

A new propulsion milestone has been reached as Astrobotic successfully tests its experimental Chakram rotating detonation ...

The rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) is the new Holy Grail of the aerospace industry. The way such a technology works promises unprecedented speeds for aircraft and spacecraft, prompting ...

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