The 156-foot-long five-segment solid rocket motor produced upwards of 4 million pounds of thrust during the test.

An upgraded version of one of the solid rocket boosters being used for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) experienced an ...

NASA recently tested the largest rocket motor ever built in Box Elder County last week. But during the harsh, two-minute-long ...

The new booster is is scheduled to launch on the ninth Artemis lunar mission in the 2030s — but there's a chance that it will ...

While the fate of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket hangs in the balance, the agency is pushing ahead with tests of new ...

Officials are investigating an unexpected explosion that occurred during a solid rocket booster test in Utah last week, ...

The solid-rocket booster that will help send NASA missions into deep space gets its last test firing in advance of 2018's maiden launch of the SLS rocket. Toggle search box Toggle navigation.

A solid-propellant booster like those that will help launch NASA's new Space Launch System moon rocket was test fired at Northrop Grumman's Promontory, Utah, facility Wednesday. It was the sixth ...

The rocket booster test was a major milestone in the Artemis Mission Project, following 5 other tests NASA has conducted around the project. The test took place in the desert landscape of ...

What is a solid rocket booster, and why is it such an effective way to power space launchers? Discover some facts about this technology's history, basic work principles, and future potential for u ...

7.9K. For the first time in ten years, Solid Rocket Booster segments have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for flight operations. Successfully completing the cross-country train trip ...

The GEM 63 solid rocket booster first flew on ULA’s NROL-101 mission in November 2020. To date, 13 GEM 63 boosters have supported four Atlas 5 launches, with nine more scheduled to fly on three ...