We’re proud to celebrate Venus Aerospace on the successful launch of its Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) demonstrator at Spaceport America. The May 14th test marks a major milestone—not just for Venus, but for the future of hypersonic propulsion.

With this launch, Venus proved a long-theorized engine can work in practice—advancing the future of aerospace propulsion.

At Trousdale Ventures, we back founders with bold visions and breakthrough ideas. Venus Aerospace is showing what’s possible when innovative ideas meet world-class engineering.

A huge congratulations to Sassie and Andrew Duggleby and the entire Venus team on an incredible milestone. The future of flight is getting closer.

Read more in The Washington Post.