News Summary

• Venus Aerospace won the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for building and testing the world’s first high-thrust Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine.
• On May 14, the Houston-based startup made history when its engine ignited and propelled a small rocket to an altitude of 4,400 feet (1,340 meters) above the New Mexico desert.
• The detonating engine has no moving parts; the combustion is produced by combining fuel and oxidizer, creating a supersonic wave that spins around its axis to generate pressure.