Past test firings of the GEM-63XL lasted approximately 90 seconds and produced a thrust close to 450,000 lbs. This test would ...

On February 7, 2025, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted an ignition trial of the CE-20 ...

Russia's first space launch in 2025 also marked the final mission of its Soyuz-2.1v light launcher, with the country ...

The sawtooth pattern visible on the trailing edges of some jet engine nozzles are the chevrons, and NASA explains that they help to smoothen the mixing of air from the engine core with cooler air ...

NASA’s two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in. Commander Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore ...

SPAINSAT NG I, the first of two satellites from a military program in which Spain will invest 2 billion, successfully launched from Cape Canaveral. A launch that culminates 15 years of work: "We can ...

Returning to the Moon requires solving the problem of reliable power for lunar missions. Solar energy is abundant in some locations on the Moon, but it's not always reliable due to the long lunar ...

Combustion performance characteristics including fuel regression rate and characteristic exhaust velocity (c*) efficiency were obtained through hybrid rocket motor firings and compared to those of ...

The Norwegian rocket incident, which took place on this day in 1995, marked the only known activation of a nuclear briefcase in response to a possible attack Laura Kiniry Travel Correspondent A ...

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today, at 9:07 a.m. EST (1407 GMT; 6:07 a.m. local time). The Falcon 9's first stage booster returned to ...

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(submitted by EllPeaTea) Lunar lander test-fires uprated rocket engine. The Leros 4 rocket engine, developed by Nammo UK in Buckinghamshire, has successfully ignited in space, powering the Firefly ...