NASA engineers have created and tested the first full-scale rotating detonation rocket engine for the organisation (RDRE).

The design, according to the agency, might fundamentally alter how propulsion systems are constructed in the future.

As per news reports, detonation is used in the supersonic rocket engine, whose design consumes less fuel than current propulsion systems while providing higher power.

Both human landers and interplanetary travel to distant planets like Mars or the moon may be made possible by it.

Isn’t that exciting?

During testing at the Marshall Space Flight Center's East Test Area in Alabama, the engine was fired more than a dozen times.

According to NASA, the engine's major goal was accomplished by showing that its hardware could work for extended periods of time while also withstanding the extremely hot and pressurised circumstances.

This is definitely a milestone for us!