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

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

While the BOLE anomaly is not on the same scale as SpaceX's recent Starship explosion, it highlights that the New Space ...

The nozzle liberated energetically from the motor around 10 seconds before the burn ended, and there appeared to be some ...

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

Since the 1950s rocket engineers have toyed with the idea of a novel engine design that could –- in theory –- revolutionize the way we conceive of space travel. The aerospike might sound like ...

From Apollo 11 in 1969 to the SpaceX Falcon Heavy missions, which began in 2018, both were propelled by rockets with bell-shaped nozzles. So this design is not only tried and true, but stout ...

GET IT ON G E T I T O N In this image from video made available by Blue Origin, the New Shepard rocket lifts off from the company’s West Texas site on Sept. 12, 2022. An overheated rocket engine ...

Since at least the 1950s, rocket engineers have wondered whether another nozzle design, known as the aerospike, could be a more efficient way to send humans to the stars.

An overheated rocket engine nozzle caused the failure of this launch that has grounded flights for six months, the company said Friday, March 24, 2023. The vehicle was carrying experiments but no ...