TU Dresden Tests World’s First Additively Manufactured Aerospike Engine with Sustainable Fuel

Post Views: 537 TU Dresden Aerospike Engine World’s First Hot Gas Test of Additively Manufactured Aerospike Engine Scientists at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, have successfully conducted the first hot gas test of an additively manufactured aerospike engine. This milestone, part of the ASPIRER project funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), used a sustainable fuel mix. The test, conducted with the Fraunhofer Institute, ArianeGroup, and the Warsaw Institute of Aviation, featured a blend of hydrogen peroxide and kerosene—an eco-friendly alternative to conventional rocket fuels.   In...