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

Astrobotic’s "Chakram" engine just smashed a 300-second record. See how spinning shock waves could revolutionize NASA's Moon ...

Private space company Astrobotic annouced the longest hot fire test of a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE), 300 seconds.

Astrobotic completed a successful series of hot-fire tests of its rotating detonation rocket engine prototype, marking a key ...

Reusable rockets have reshaped the economics of spaceflight by dramatically reducing the cost of launching payloads into orbit. Traditional rockets were single-use vehicles that burned up or crashed ...

WASHINGTON — Astrobotic, a developer of lunar landers and suborbital rockets, has successfully tested an advanced rocket engine that could power those vehicles. The Pittsburgh-based company announced ...

Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup Portal Space Systems, which is taking an idea ...