Alliant Techsystems recently demonstrated a critical capability of its liquid oxygen (LOX)/Methane rocket engine by igniting it in a vacuum chamber. The successful ignition test was designed to ...

Alliant Techsystems has received a $10.4M technology development contract to reduce the risk to develop a non-toxic Liquid Oxygen (LOx)-Liquid Methane rocket engine that could be used on future Crew ...

Indian startup Astrobase is developing an advanced methane rocket engine using full-flow combustion, aiming for a reusable medium-lift launch vehicle and a maiden orbital launch by 2029.

Signalling the implementation of major aerospace projects in the new year, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) conducted five rocket engine tests on Thursday in Beijing and ...

Conceived not long after the first Chevy small blocks hit American streets, the RL10 was the type of rocket engine you could build a space agency around.

There have been published papers by the Air Force Research Lab and NASA on rotating detonation engines having 10% or more efficiency gains. A rotating detonation engine (RDE) uses a form of pressure ...