A prototype of the P80 rocket motor, which will power the first stage of ESA’s new small launcher – Vega, was successfully tested on 4 December at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou ...

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center invites journalists to view the last planned space shuttle main engine test scheduled for 2 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, July 29. The 520-second ...

NASA has conducted the first in a planned series of 12 ground-test firings to certify the upgraded Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engine for the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. SLS is to ...

The road to the second flight of Blue Origin’s heavy-lifting New Glenn rocket got a lot clearer Thursday night with a success test-firing of the launcher’s seven main engines on a launch pad at Cape ...

RS-25 prime contractor L3Harris continues to ramp up production of new flight engine hardware at their Los Angeles area facility and final assembly at the Stennis Space Center. NASA certified ...

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Rolls-Royce and the U.S. Air Force validated the F130’s ability to meet performance requirements for the B-52 missions, getting closer to flight testing. Engine maker Rolls-Royce announced on Feb. 24, ...