Explore the innovative collaboration between LEAP 71 and HBD in creating the largest 3D printed aerospike rocket engine.

Whether the German V-2 rocket, NASA’s legendary Saturn V, or SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, all rocket engines share a common attribute: their exhaust nozzles are shaped like bells. The geometry of this ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For 65 years of human spaceflight, rockets ferrying astronauts to the stars have all had bell-shaped nozzles specifically designed to produce enough ...

LEAP 71 and metal additive manufacturing (AM) firm HBD have additively manufactured an aerospike rocket engine that can generate 20 tons (200 kN) of thrust. At one-metre in height, the partners ...

LEAP 71 and HBD have produced an additively manufactured aerospike rocket engine capable of generating 20 tons of thrust (200 ...

The aerospike engine holds great promise for spaceflight, but for various reasons, has remained slightly out of reach for decades. But thanks to Leap 71, the technology has moved one step closer to a ...

Kerry Stevenson, aka "General Fabb" has written over 8,000 stories on 3D printing at Fabbaloo since he launched the venture ...

Polaris will build a two-stage, horizontal take-off and fully reusable hypersonic research vehicle, featuring a linear aerospike rocket engine. German company Polaris Spaceplanes announced on Jan. 27, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The aerospike engine—which uses air pressure to shape the downward force needed to launch a spacecraft—has been on the cusp of entering mainstream ...