rocket engines
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Starship Booster Explodes Unexpectedly During SpaceX Ground Test
SpaceX is in the midst of preparing its Starship rocket for its inaugural orbital launch, but an apparent explosion of the Super Heavy booster during tests at the company’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas, may represent a serious setback.
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Watch Live as NASA Performs a Second Hotfire Test of Its New Megarocket
The second hotfire test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is scheduled for Thursday. You can watch a livestream of the action right here.
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US Senate Panel Sets Aside $US100 Million To Build Putin-Free Rocket
Could the budgetary shot in the arm our space program so desperately needs come from rising tensions between Russia and the US? In the latest development in the New Cold War™, a US Senate panel has budgeted $US100 million to fund a state-of-the-art rocket engine designed and built in Amurica.