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22K views · 1.2K reactions | NASA successfully test-fired a full-scale Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE). It generates thrust by “using a supersonic combustion phenomenon known as a detonation,” according to the space agency's Marshall Space Flight Center, where the test was conducted. Learn more  https://trib.al/y0LSAz8 : NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta | Space.com | Facebook

Rocket engine tests are always fun—and educational. We test our rocket engines as often as we can, and every test is designed to answer a different question or to explore a different facet of the system’s performance. In this video of a recent test, our hardworking engineers and technicians have increased the thrust on the NewtonThree engine—the booster stage engine for our small satellite launch vehicle, LauncherOne—by approximately 50% over what you’ve seen in previous videos we’ve released. T