‘Explosion’ noises heard in Huntsville area are rocket engine hotfire tests, officials say

The rumble you will hear today, Monday, January 5 2026 is the sound of rocket engine hotfire testing. Hotfire testing — a ...

NASA fires up RS-25 Artemis moon rocket engine test for 500 seconds

NASA fired up RS-25 engine No. 20001 at the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center at Bay St. Louis, ...

What’s that loud boom? Redstone Arsenal has an answer (maybe)

Residents as far away as the Tennessee line and down to Morgan County reported rattling windows and shaking doors due to the ...

Redstone Arsenal says “louder than expected noise levels” not caused by rocket engine testing

Redstone Arsenal officials announced on Tuesday that the “louder than expected noise levels” heard on Monday evening were not ...
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Texas awards Blue Origin $7 million to boost rocket engine test facility

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Texas Space Commission has awarded Blue Origin a $7 million grant to upgrade its horizontal first-stage booster engine test facility. According to a statement from ...
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'Moment we've been working toward' | Houston-based rocket engine company hits major testing milestone

HOUSTON — A Houston-based rocket engine company hit a major testing milestone this week on its quest to fly aircraft faster than ever. Venus Aerospace said it has successfully flown its ...

Redstone Arsenal warns public of excessive noise from scheduled detonations

Redstone Arsenal officials said that routine operations resulted in louder-than-expected noise levels on Monday.
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Blue Origin sign up historic test stand for engine testing

Blue Origin has signed a Commercial Space Launch Act agreement with NASA for the use of the historic 4670 test stand at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Despite setting up its own in-house ...