NASA Announces Successful Test of New Propulsion Technology
The rocket engine test occurred at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Image: NASAAs NASA gears up for a return to the Moon with the Artemis missions, the administration has announced that its researchers have successfully developed and tested a new type of supersonic rocket engine called a rotating detonation rocket engine.The rotating detonation rocket engine, or RDRE, generates thrust with detonation, in whicha supersonic exothermic front accelerates to produce thrust, much the same way a…