Six months after its first orbital rocket cleared the launch tower for just 14 seconds before crashing back to Earth, Gilmour Space Technologies has secured 217 million Australian dollars ($148 million) in funding that CEO Adam Gilmour says finally gives Australia a fighting chance in the global space race,

Honda has spent decades perfecting engines for Civics and Accords, not capsules and boosters, yet its engineers have just pulled off a maneuver that even seasoned space players struggle to repeat. In a single test flight,

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. The company flew a rotating detonation rocket engine, a ...

At Stennis Space Center, NASA conducted another successful hot fire test of an RS-25 engine at the Fred Haise Test Stand. This now paves the way for the engine to be used for NASA’s Artemis IV mission.

GE and Lockheed ground tested a new air-breathing hypersonic jet engine capable of powering missiles to speeds well in excess of Mach 5 in a smaller, cheaper,

Astra today announced it has shipped 110 satellite engine systems since January 1, 2025, surpassing a key operating milestone set when the company went private in 2024. The achievement reflects a step-change in production scale and execution discipline,

The RS-25 engine will be used to carry humans on eventual mission to Mars. — -- NASA said it has cleared a milestone in the path to ushering in the next era of human space exploration after successfully firing one of its rocket engines intended for ...

Galactic Energy developed the CQ-90 liquid oxygen-kerosene engine for PALLAS-2 through an upgrade of its CQ-50 engine. It features a bidirectional swing capability of up to 6 degrees, is capable of multiple ignitions and has a wide-range variable thrust.

An ASRC Federal business unit has secured a potential $200 million contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory test and evaluate rocket propulsion technologies. Mark Gray, president and CEO of ASRC Federal, said the contract provides an opportunity ...

A US-based propulsion company has successfully launched and flown a new rocket powered by a unique rotating detonation engine. Although relatively small by rocket standards, the test could pave the way for much more dramatic test flights, in turn leading ...

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 a contender, other countries and private companies have ...