Japan Tests Rotating Detonation Engine in Space for the First Time

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From Interesting Engineering.com:
"In a world-first, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on August 19 that it has successfully demonstrated the operation of a "rotating detonation engine" in space, with the goal of extending the propulsion method to deep space travel in the future."

https://interestingengineering.com/japa ... first-time

I could not find the JAXA announce meant in English. Here it is in Japanese:

https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/topics/002693.html

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This seemed interesting so I found a little more background on the technology and the physics it's based on.