NASA archives hold heaps of plans for cool gadgets like an aerospike engine and nuclear-thermal rocket. Today’s dialogue is less about innovative gizmos and more about how space spending has ...

The SR-71 Blackbird never ceases to amaze with its three times the speed of sound, NASA test flights, and unending public fascination.

In its place, NASA installed E2061 into the Engine 4 position on the Artemis II core stage. This engine was the final one ...

Building on the successful validation of smaller-scale engines, the company is now advancing two reference designs: the Noyron XRA-2E5, a 200 kN aerospike engine, and the Noyron XRB-2E6, a 2000 kN ...

One example is this new copper aerospike engine. [via Fabbaloo] Aerospikes are interesting as their geometry isn’t pressure dependent like more typical bell-shaped rocket nozzles meaning you ...

HOUSTON, April 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Venus Aerospace, the startup building the world's most advanced engine system for hypersonic flight, today announced the successful completion of a NASA ...

The White House budget proposal aims to discontinue NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) after three missions due to cost overruns. NASA's overall budget, including science programs, faces cuts ...

The next spacecraft to fly humans around the moon has been delivered to the only space agency on Earth to ever successfully fly astronauts to our nearest celestial neighbor. Orion, the capsule ...

A small handful of Senators opted to vote 'no'. The confirmation of President Trump's pick for NASA Administrator is one step closer to completion. The Committee on Commerce, Science, and ...