SpaceNews

Chinese startup Spark Space tests engine, raises funds for electric-pump rocket

Spark Space, established in 2024 and based in the city of Hefei, is developing the Jinhua-1, or Evolution-1, rocket. The ...
SpaceNews

Chinese startup Mega Engine advances reusable staged-combustion rocket engine

Framegrab from a video of a long-duration hot fire of the Chi engine. Credit: Mega Engine HELSINKI — A new Chinese commercial rocket engine startup has conducted a successful long-duration hot fire ...
BGR

SpaceX's Raptor Engine Vs. Blue Origin's BE-4 - What's The Difference In These Rocket Engines

The Earth is much larger than most people realize. You need to use engines if you want to efficiently navigate large sections of the planet. Everything from cars to planes relies on engines, but they ...
Nature

A dynamic simulation approach to optimize thrust regulation in electric pump-fed rocket engines

This study presents a dynamic simulation framework to optimize thrust regulation in an electric pump-fed rocket engine using liquid oxygen-liquid methane propellants. The engine operates across a ...
Ars Technica

Rocket Report: NASA finally working on depots, Air Force tests new ICBM

Welcome to Edition 8.05 of the Rocket Report! One of the most eye-raising things I saw this week was an online update from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center touting its work on cryogenic propellant ...