Venus Aerospace opens Houston propulsion test stand

Venus Aerospace opens a state-supported propulsion test stand at Houston Spaceport and demonstrates it with a live engine hot fire.

Venus Aerospace officially opened a new propulsion test stand at Houston Spaceport for its rotating detonation rocket engine program. The stand supports higher-thrust and longer-duration testing, and guests observed a live hot-fire test following the ribbon cutting.

Headline metrics

Validation	Live hot fire
Location	Houston Spaceport
Build status	On time, on budget

Highlights

Test capacity onlineThe new stand supports higher-thrust and longer-duration propulsion tests.
Texas-backed infrastructureThe Texas Space Commission's Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund supported the project.

Resources

Venus Aerospace releasevenusaero.com