To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like standard hardware. But NASA and GE Aerospace researchers watching the unit fire up for a demonstration knew what they were looking at: a hybrid engine performing at a level that could potentially power an airliner.

Researchers from NASA and GE Aerospace have conducted a power extraction test of a hybrid aircraft engine being developed under the space agency’s Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core, or HyTEC, program.

Initial ground trials of a hybrid-electric engine demonstrator support NASA's Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) project.

GE Aerospace completes NASA-supported ground tests of a hybrid electric turbofan engine, advancing electric propulsion for future narrowbody aircraft.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA ran into exasperating fuel leaks during a make-or-break test of its new Moon rocket Monday, calling into question how soon astronauts could take off for a trip around the Moon.

GE Aerospace announced on January 26 that it reached a key milestone in hybrid-electric

The RS-25 engine will be used to carry humans on eventual mission to Mars. — -- NASA said it has cleared a milestone in the path to ushering in the next era of human space exploration after successfully firing one of its rocket engines intended for ...