The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded the Carinthian research centre CTR in cooperation with the German-French company Airbus Safran Launchers GmbH the contract to further develop CTR’s ...

Rocket Lab has modified the design and manufacture of the igniter for the Rutherford engine after a fault in this system was identified as the root cause of the company’s Electron launch vehicle ...

NASA followed last week's low-key engine test with the test-firing of a solid-fueled booster at Northrop Grumman's rocket ...

It took launch personnel in Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan less than 24 hours to fix the ignition system, re-fuel the rocket, and go for another attempt on March 13, which was successful.

During a static-fire test, the rocket should stay on the ground when its engines are fired. But something went horribly wrong ...

The motor uses a novel ignition system that electrolysizes water into oxygen and hydrogen and burns them. Los Alamos researchers developed the first restartable motor for solid rockets. A motor ...

ABL Space Systems' RS1 rocket is possibly targeting a launch Monday (Nov. 21) following an abort last week during engine ignition. The rocket was otherwise healthy.

ABL Space Systems, a small satellite launching startup aiming to make its rocket debut, aborted its third launch attempt in less than a week on Monday (Nov. 21).

Following successful bench testing, CTR Carinthian Tech Research is working with Airbus Safran Launchers on a laser ignition system for use in space. The laser ignition system could be used in the ...