NASA and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) have successfully test-fired the first RS-25 rocket engine slated to help power the fifth launch of the Space Launch System or SLS rocket for […]
Test Firing
A new chapter for Ariane 6 + Vega launchers with the P160C rocket motor
The P160C qualification motor was successfully tested on April 24th at the European Spaceport in French Guiana, on the solid-propellant booster test stand (BEAP) operated by the French Space Agency […]
UPDATE Boeing has a problem — too many astronauts and not enough ISS parking spaces
NASA will be sending more astronauts to the ISS in the next few weeks shuttled by SpaceX however the two stranded NASA astronauts taken aboard Boeing’s Starliner, and delivered to […]
Raytheon’s KuRFS + Coyote detect + defeat UAS targets during U.S. Army summer test period
Raytheon, an RTX business, successfully demonstrated the capabilities of the Low, slow, small-unmanned aircraft Integrated Defense System, or LIDS, during the U.S. Army‘s annual summer test period. Joining U.S. Army […]
Xantus metal plasma thruster delivered ahead of schedule
A flight-ready, Benchmark Space Systems, Xantus unit destined for Orion Space Solutions’ EWS (Electro Optical Weather System) mission was delivered last month – six days early. After going through acceptance […]
PLD Space achieves major milestone and prepares for launch of MIURA 1 micro rocket
The Spanish company, PLD Space, achieved a major milestone for European Space by successfully completing the hot test of MIURA 1 from its launch base in El Arenosillo (Huelva). The […]
Successful nexgen solid rocket motor test by Aerojet Rocketdyne @ their new test facilites
With the recent successful test of a next generation large solid rocket motor called eSR-19, Aerojet Rocketdyne has validated advanced motor technology while demonstrating the production maturity of new and […]
Rocket Lab successfully completes the first test fire of a reused Rutherford engine
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has successfully test fired a reused Rutherford first stage engine for the first time – a significant technical achievement in Rocket Lab’s efforts to make the […]
UPDATE 1: Northrop Grumman + NASA successfully test the Space Launch System Booster (SLB-2) — new test photo
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and NASA successfully conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor, known as Flight Support Booster-2. The five-segment solid rocket […]
Scramjet-powered HAWC achieves a successful 2nd flight test by Raytheon + Northrop Grumman
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, in partnership with Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), successfully completed their second flight test of the scramjet-powered Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, […]