Blue Origin has just released a video recap (above) of last week’s successful maiden launch of its heavy-lift rocket, the New Glenn. The footage shows some dramatic close-ups of the 98-meter-tall ...

the subject of rocket engines was one of the first to come up. There was a problem though; solid rocket motors are far too common to be interesting, and even hybrid rocket engines are becoming passé.

It has the same fin-less blunted cylinder shape of most modern ... rocket engine itself, but can have its own fuel supply with associated plumbing and tanks. The preburner, turbine, and pumps make ...

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An artificial intelligence engineer called Noyron has successfully designed, manufactured, and tested one of the most challenging rocket ... to scale up to the 300 kN ARCOS engine.

That said, not all of today's most powerful rockets are actually propelled by the same engines. In fact, there are several types of engines currently in use powering today's modern rocket ships.

The engines are the BE-3PM, BE-3U, BE-4 and BE-7. Each rocket has a different function: (Photo: Blue Origin New Glenn) The BE-3PM is designed to thrust the rocket up but also enables the rocket to ...