SPACE TRAVEL: Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Test at Marshall Space Flight Center

Picture shows rotating detonation rocket engine test at Marshall Space Flight Center, undated. The Marshall Space Flight Center is located in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Note: Photo from NASA (NASA/Newsflash) Picture shows rotating detonation rocket engine test at Marshall Space Flight Center, undated. The Marshall Space Flight Center is located in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Note: Photo from NASA (NASA/Newsflash)
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31 January 2023
This is the moment when NASA's propulsion development engineers tested the agency's first full-scale rotating detonation rocket engine, or RDRE, an innovative rocket engine design that has the potential to radically transform how future propulsion systems are produced. The RDRE differs from...