This advanced rocket engine design could one day change how future propulsion systems are built! Marshall propulsion engineers designed the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) to differ from a traditional rocket engine by generating thrust using a supersonic combustion phenomenon known as detonation. This NASA Technology design produces more power while using less fuel than today’s propulsion systems and has the potential to power both human landers and interplanetary vehicles to deep space

On this day 1972- Apollo 17 Lunar Rendezvous 16mm film footage from the Command Module of the Apollo 17 LM Ascent stage as it rises above the Lunar surface to rendezvous and then dock with Ron Evans in the CM Video enhancement and Music by Moonpans Source video: Apollo Flight Journal #apollo17 | Moonpans.com