NASA's rocket charged with taking the agency back to the moon fired its four main engines Saturday afternoon, but the test in Mississippi was cut short after a malfunction caused an automatic abort.

The SLS core booster will help launch NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA fired up the ...

A qualification test of a Raptor 2 engine has resulted in a dramatic explosion at SpaceX’s McGregor facility. The company has yet to comment on the incident, but it’s unlikely to affect the upcoming ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has completed the ...

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss.—The second time was a charm for NASA’s massive new moon rocket. The core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS), the rocket that NASA is developing to take astronauts to ...

SpaceX’s massive Starship performed a static engine fire test on Thursday at the rocket company’s facility in Texas.All but two of the 33 Merlin engines fired. Elon Musk tweeted that with 31 firing, ...

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The delayed hot-fire engine test of the rocket's core booster is set for Jan. 16. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA is finally ...