Debris scatters on June 26, 2025, during a static fire test of a new solid rocket motor at a Northrop Grumman facility in Utah. The motor is supposed to be used in later Artemis moon missions. A test ...

A booster for the most powerful rocket in the world, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), successfully fired up Tuesday for its second qualification ground test at Orbital ATK’s test facilities in ...

Northrop Grumman saw some fiery drama during a test of a more powerful version of the solid rocket booster that would be used if NASA’s Artemis program ever gets to its ninth launch using the ...

That’s normal in left-wing’ish subsidized programmes. They can’t obvious be wrong nor produce bad results, after all: they’re left-wing and subsidized. So any inconvenient truth and/or elephant in the ...

Northrop Grumman and NASA conducted a dramatic static-fire test of a booster for an SLS (Space Launch System) rocket last week. According to NASA, the five-segment booster rocket fired for more than ...

Going to the Moon was always viewed as a near-impossible feat, to the point that a large contingent of skeptics continues to believe that one of humanity's greatest feats simply didn't happen despite ...

SpaceX rolled out the next generation of Starship to Masseys for testing, but during a routine gas system pressure test as SpaceX calls it, the Liquid Oxygen Tank ruptured. This leaves SpaceX with no ...

On Wednesday, NASA conducted an important rocket test for the future Artemis missions, which will bring Americans back to the moon to establish a “sustainable presence” there to support eventual ...

Engineers are getting ready to put the pressure on hardware for the world’s most powerful rocket, NASA’s Space Launch System, as part of a rigorous test series to ensure each structure can withstand ...

NASA is gearing up to send its first astronauts toward the moon in five decades. The Artemis II mission is currently set for early next year and will use NASA’s next-generation SLS rocket and Orion ...

You are still looking at one good SRB with 8° of TVC, plus the mains at 10.5°. Considering the upper stage and Orion are still at full launch mass, and the core is heavily biased towards the LOX tank ...