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An anomaly during a rocket booster test fire stunned Northrop Grumman and NASA, raising questions about hardware that could send Artemis astronauts into deep space.
Just one day after a new 18-hole scoring record was set at the Rocket Classic, Jake Knapp bested that on Friday.
Space DARPA’s DRACO nuclear propulsion project ROARs no more DRACO began life in 2020 with the moniker "Reactor on a Rocket," or ROAR — a name agency scientists later decided might garner ...
Northrop Grumman Corporation conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket booster. This was the first demonstration test of the ...
A solid rocket engine for NASA's Space Launch System rocket experienced an anomaly during a static fire test at the booster's Northrop Grumman facilities June 26.
Space & Spaceflight NASA’s Next-Gen Rocket Booster Explodes in Test of a Design That May Never Fly A video of the static fire test showed a large plume of exhaust burning through part of the ...
NASA has completed the first full-scale static test fire of the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket motor, the next-generation solid rocket booster for the space agency’s ...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a novel pilot program that will allow private developers to build and operate full-scale advanced nuclear test reactors outside of the national ...
This story was updated to add a video. A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up during a test flight of the megarocket's capabilities Thursday. Two extended "chopsticks" successfully caught the Super ...
The giant Japanese industrial conglomerate recently launched a prototype reusable rocket up to 300m and landed it safely back on Earth.