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NASA, GE test hybrid engine for next decade of flight

Initial ground trials of a hybrid-electric engine demonstrator support NASA's Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) project ...

NASA, GE aerospace hybrid engine system marks successful test

To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like standard ...
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Russian scientists test plasma engine that could cut Mars travel to about 30 days

Russia is testing a plasma engine prototype designed to slash Mars travel time to just 60 days. Developed by Rosatom’s ...
ExecutiveGov

NASA, GE Aerospace Validate Hybrid Aircraft Engine Under HyTEC Program

Researchers from NASA and GE Aerospace have conducted a power extraction test of a hybrid aircraft engine being developed under the space agency’s Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core, or HyTEC, program.
NextBigFuture

Lockheed and GE Test Hypersonic Engine

GE and Lockheed ground tested a new air-breathing hypersonic jet engine capable of powering missiles to speeds well in excess ...
SpaceNews

RL60 Demonstrator Engine Nearly Ready, Engine Testing in September

The RL60 next generation cryogenic upper-stage rocket engine has achieved another set of milestones, as all major components have been independently tested and delivered to the assembly floor at Pratt ...
SpaceNews

Space Shuttle Engine Testing: T Plus 30 Years and Counting

Thirty years ago there was no Internet, laptop computers or CDs; Gerald Ford was president; “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was on TV; and “Jaws” was at the movies. But in South Mississippi, NASA ...
FlightGlobal

Engine tests progress in Russian civil supersonic demonstrator research programme

Russian research efforts to create a new supersonic civil aircraft demonstrator have edged forward with completion of a phase ...
Gizmodo

Botched SpaceX Engine Test Results in Spectacular Fireball

A qualification test of a Raptor 2 engine has resulted in a dramatic explosion at SpaceX’s McGregor facility. The company has yet to comment on the incident, but it’s unlikely to affect the upcoming ...
Digital Trends

Watch SpaceX’s dramatic drone view of Starship test ahead of 3rd flight

SpaceX has released some dramatic footage (below) of the Starship spacecraft undergoing a static-fire engine test ahead of the next launch of the Super Heavy booster and Starship spacecraft, ...
Business Wire

Rocket Lab Completes Archimedes Engine Build, Begins Engine Test Campaign

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has completed the ...
Jalopnik

Japan's Flagship Rocket Engine Exploded During Testing For The Second Time

We're always told that rocket science is the hardest form of science out there and a raft of explosions on the launch pad in recent months makes me inclined to agree. Now, a Japanese rocket engine ...