NASA’s Upgraded Megarocket Engines Ready to Fire in Critical Tests
NASA is gearing up to start a crucial series of tests on the updated RS-25 engine, which will power the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for upcoming Artemis missions to…
ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Requires Key Fix Prior to Debut Launch
ULA’s Vulcan Centaur is set to replace ULA’s Atlas V and Delta IV rockets, which have been in use for the past two decades. The company was initially aiming for…
ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Successfully Fires Engines Ahead of Debut Flight
“The team is reviewing the data from the systems involved in today’s test and, in parallel, continue with the Centaur V test stand anomaly investigation,” ULA wrote on Twitter shortly…
Watch Live as ULA Gives Static Fire Test of Vulcan Centaur Rocket Another Go
June 7 Live Broadcast: Vulcan Cert-1 Flight Readiness Firing (FRF)The Colorado-based company had originally scheduled Vulcan’s static fire test for May 25 but ended up rolling the rocket from its…
Student-Built Rocket Flies Higher Than a Commercial Airliner, Breaking Records
Deneb Launch Shatters 3 World Records! 🚀🚀🚀According to an Embry-Riddle statement, it’s the “highest undergraduate and collegiate amateur liquid rocket launch in the United States,” and it more than doubled…
How Virgin Orbit Went Bankrupt
Virgin Orbit has set a deadline of May 14 for bids on its business, the bankrupt rocket-maker said in a court filing this week. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX…
New Zealand Spaceplane Performs First Rocket-Powered Flight, Achieving Major Milestone
New Zealand-based private space company Dawn Aerospace says it has completed three successful tests of its prototype Mk-II Aurora spaceplane using rocket engines. A scaled-up version of the suborbital vehicle…
Faulty Nozzle Cited as Cause of Vega-C Rocket Failure
Vega-C rocket launching from the Kourou space base, French Guiana on December 20, 2022. Photo: JM Guillon (AP) The European Space Agency (ESA) announced the results of a months long…