Venus Aerospace Conducts Landmark 1st Launch with Potentially Revolutionary Rocket Engine Written 19 May 2025
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A prototype RDE under test. | Credit: NASA; Wikipedia; Public Domain
SPACE reports, “Houston-based startup Venus Aerospace has completed the first-ever test flight of a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) in the United States. The launch took place on Wednesday (May 14) from Spaceport America in New Mexico. A small rocket equipped with Venus’ RDRE lifted off at 9:37 a.m. EDT (1337 GMT; 7:37 a.m. local time in New Mexico).”
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