Northrop Grumman and NASA conducted a dramatic static-fire test of a booster for an SLS (Space Launch System) rocket last week. According to NASA, the five-segment booster rocket fired for more than ...

NASA performs an RS-25 rocket engine hot fire test on Jan. 17. Credit: NASA Test personnel at NASA’s Stennis Space Center have successfully conducted the fourth in a second round of 12 ground test ...

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss — NASA's final test of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to make sure it was ready to launch future Artemis Moon missions experienced early engine shutdown. The core stage ...

NASA conducted a hot fire Saturday of the core stage for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will launch the Artemis I mission to the Moon. The hot fire is the final test of the Green ...

NASA's doing everything in its power to ensure the SLS doesn't fall even further behind schedule. Hot fire tests like this involve attaching the rocket to a test stand and running the engines to ...

NASA kicked off the final certification series for its Artemis moon-rocket engines with a dramatic "hot fire" test this week. NASA will begin using repurposed RS-25 space shuttle engines to fly ...

Weirdly enough, the most powerful space rocket NASA has ever designed is powered by engines born more than four decades ago: the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, the backbone of the Artemis Moon ...

Northrop Grumman saw some fiery drama during a test of a more powerful version of the solid rocket booster that would be used if NASA’s Artemis program ever gets to its ninth launch using the ...

Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center deliver, lift, and install the first new production RS-25 engine on the Fred Haise Test Stand on Feb. 18. Credit: NASA/Danny Nowlin NASA’s Stennis Space Center ...

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