The rumble you will hear today, Monday, January 5 2026 is the sound of rocket engine hotfire testing. Hotfire testing — a ...

Solid rocket motors remain essential for missiles, target vehicles, and space-launch systems, but their development cycles ...

Debris scatters on June 26, 2025, during a static fire test of a new solid rocket motor at a Northrop Grumman facility in Utah. The motor is supposed to be used in later Artemis moon missions. A test ...

NASA conducted a full-scale static test fire of the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket motor - part ...

We're always told that rocket science is the hardest form of science out there and a raft of explosions on the launch pad in recent months makes me inclined to agree. Now, a Japanese rocket engine ...

A new type of rocket engine, one that could power a plane from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours, has eluded scientists for decades. Houston's Venus Aerospace says it recently solved the puzzle.

North Korea recently tested a small rocket engine, a monitoring group said Wednesday, after a US official had reportedly suggested the test could be a step to develop an intercontinental ballistic ...

WELD COUNTY, Colo., Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ursa Major broke ground on a new 400-acre solid rocket motor test site in Weld County, Colorado marking a significant expansion in the company's ...

Anduril tests a solid rocket motor for the U.S. Navy’s Standard Missile program. Credit: Anduril NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—Anduril Industries successfully test-fired two large solid rocket motors ...

NASA’s Space Launch System appears to have a finite shelf life. The Trump administration wants to cancel it after just three launches, while the preliminary text of a bill making its way through ...