Exhaust billows from a tethered static fire test of a Long March 10 first-stage test article at the LC-301 launch pad, Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan Island, China, Aug. 15, 2025. Credit: CMSEO ...

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 ...

HELSINKI — Chinese commercial launch firm Orienspace is aiming for a late 2025 debut of its Gravity-2 rocket following a recent first-stage engine hot fire test. Orienspace announced July 8 that it ...

The company said its AVac engine delivers 1.2 times the thrust of the first-stage version and uses a taller vacuum-optimized nozzle.

SpaceX completed a Starship engine test at its Starbase facility recently, igniting all six of the vehicle's engines for a full minute.

Rocket Lab Corp. (NASDAQ: RKLB) completed a full-duration hot-fire test of its Archimedes Vacuum engine on Monday, marking a critical milestone for the company’s Neutron rocket as it targets a debut ...