HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–Orion Propulsion, Inc. today announced completion of a qualification test program for the Forward Propulsion System (FPS) of Bigelow Aerospace’s Sundancer Project, the world’s first ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., December 15, 2009 – Dynetics announced today it has purchased Orion Propulsion, Inc. (OPI), a Huntsville aerospace company that specializes in spacecraft and rocket propulsion design ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne recently received a $67 million contract award from Lockheed Martin to provide propulsion systems for the Orion spacecraft that are planned to launch on Artemis missions VI-VIII.

Orion Main Engine injector test engine is fired at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—The European Space Agency (ESA)-provided service modules for NASA’s first six ...

Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s but it was stopped because of the nuclear test ban treaty and concerns over fallout inside the ...

HOUSTON—NASA has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a $600 million maximum value contract for the design, certification, production and other requirements for the main engine of the Orion crew capsule. The ...

In our day and time, the name Orion when used in connection with space exploration is linked to the Artemis program currently being run by NASA. It is the name of the spaceship meant to carry humans ...

An artist’s conception shows the Orion spacecraft’s main engine firing during a lunar flyby, surrounded by eight of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Redmond-built auxiliary engines. (NASA Illustration) Aerojet ...

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REDMOND, Wash., April 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD) recently received a $67 million contract award from Lockheed Martin to provide propulsion systems for the Orion spacecraft ...