13 January 2021
The UK Space Agency and Rolls-Royce launch study into nuclear-powered space exploration
... help us travel further and faster through space than ever before." Dave Gordon, UK Senior Vice President, Rolls-Royce Defence said: "We are excited to be working with the UK Space Agency on this pioneering project to define future nuclear...
13 April 2018
Air breathing rocket gets significant funding boost
... further investment in this round of fundraising, along with continued engineering support. New strategic investors are Rolls-Royce, a pre-eminent engineering company whose experience and capability in building complex engine systems is well known...
September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
...’s X-30 and Lockheed Martin’s VentureStar, but they were cancelled due to lack of funds. Meanwhile, the British Aerospace/Rolls Royce project known as HOTOL (an acronym for Horizontal take-off and Landing) seemed promising, but met the...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
... Bond, Richard Varvill and John Scott-Scott were three propulsion engineers who worked together on the Rolls Royce RB545 engine, destined for use on the HOTOL reusable launch vehicle which was cancelled in the late...
March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
... a vehicle like Skylon, the futuristic design for a single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane that grew out of the Rolls-Royce/British Aerospace HOTOL project of the 1980s. The current iteration of this design, Skylon D1, under development at Reaction...
May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
... of only 60 watts for all lights and supporting mechanisms. So, rather than opt for a complex and sophisticated ‘Rolls Royce’ greenhouse, we decided to build a simple, yet reliable one – like the Russian ‘Lada’ car! Thanks to our invaluable...
