NASA could be weeks away from its biggest test in decades

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.

What to expect from Cape Canaveral rocket scene in 2026

While 2025 saw a record number of launches —including crewed exploration, science missions, and even an historic first ...

Footage of NASA firing up Artemis moon rocket engine for 550 second test

The Space Launch System rocket's RS-25 engine was fired up for the “final round of certification testing ahead of production ...
Space on MSN

NASA tests 3D printed RAMFIRE rocket engine nozzle

NASA's Reactive Additive Manufacturing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (RAMFIRE) project test-fired a 3D-printed engine ...
VoxelMatters

Agnikul successfully fires dual 3D printed rocket engines

Agnikul successfully fires dual 3D printed rocket engines. Four pumps power the system, each driven by an independent electric motor.
Ars Technica

Rocket Report: Blunder at Baikonur; do launchers really need rocket engines?

Welcome to Edition 8.21 of the Rocket Report! We’re back after the Thanksgiving holiday with more launch news. Most of the big stories over the last couple of weeks came from abroad. Russian rockets ...
WLOX

NASA’s Artemis program advances with successful RS-25 engine test in Hancock County

HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - NASA and L3Harris Technologies successfully conducted a full-duration hot fire test of a second RS-25 engine at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. The engine will ...
ExtremeTech

Rocket Lab Readies Photon Spacecraft Ahead of Key LOXSAT Cryogenic Fuel Test Mission

California-based Rocket Lab has completed systems integration for its Photon spacecraft ahead of the upcoming LOXSAT mission with Eta Space and NASA. Designed to showcase in-orbit cryogenic refueling, ...
CNN

SpaceX Starship megarocket hits key milestones before stunning splashdown

• SpaceX’s Starship megarocket — the most powerful launch vehicle ever built — successfully completed an hour-long test flight. • The company has had a rocky year of test missions with this generation ...
Astronomy

Starship’s 11th Test Flight marks new era for SpaceX rocket

SpaceX's Starship Version 2 (V2) successfully completed its 11th and final test flight, achieving reentry and splashdown, and providing critical data after a series of earlier developmental challenges ...
UPI

SpaceX plans Starship test flight in Texas as early as Monday

Oct. 12 (UPI) --Elon Musk's SpaceX will conduct the 11th test flight of its Starship rocket Monday amid concerns that the United States is losing the race to return humans to the moon. SpaceX said in ...
Ars Technica

Rocket Report: Bezos’ firm will package satellites for launch; Starship on deck

Welcome to Edition 8.14 of the Rocket Report! We’re now more than a week into a federal government shutdown, but there’s been little effect on the space industry. Military space operations are ...