May 27, 2025: Colorado-based Sirius Technologies, Inc., signed a two-year lease with Spaceport America to develop rocket motor operations, and test and launch reusable vehicles built by its parent company, Innovative Space Carrier Inc., in Japan.
May 14, 2025: 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. The Venus RDRE uses a compact, high-efficiency design the company hopes can eventually power aircraft up to Mach 6 - six times the speed of sound - starting from conventional runways.
May 27, 2025: Colorado-based Sirius Technologies, Inc., signed a two-year lease with Spaceport America to develop rocket motor operations, and test and launch reusable vehicles built by its parent company, Innovative Space Carrier Inc., in Japan.
May 14, 2025: 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. The Venus RDRE uses a compact, high-efficiency design the company hopes can eventually power aircraft up to Mach 6 - six times the speed of sound - starting from conventional runways.