SpaceX’s Raptor engine and Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine are two key innovations in rocket propulsion, each with its unique design and performance characteristics. While the Raptor engine leverages ...

X-Bow Systems announced it received an $18 million award from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. Its CEO said the company expects other contract announcements soon alongside a big-money fund ...

A Virginia-based propulsion-focused company conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket booster. The 156-foot-long five-segment solid ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed first-round testing of a critical motor for NASA’s new Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a two-stage ...

ATK and the United States Air Force successfully tested the newly developed Large Class (92-inch diameter) Stage I solid rocket motor May 23 at ATK’s test facilities in Promontory, Utah. The ...

ATLANTA — The future of space travel just got a boost thanks to one Georgia Tech undergraduate student. Dalton Luedke is a third-year aerospace engineering student at Tech, and also part of the NASA ...

DENVER, Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ursa Major is proud to introduce Lynx, a new approach to designing and manufacturing solid rocket motors (SRM). Lynx redefines a market plagued by a broken supply ...

Welcome to Edition 5.23 of the Rocket Report! This has been a really fun week for US rockets: Electron made a smashing debut in a launch from Virginia, Vulcan went vertical in Florida, and Starship ...

Hotfire test at Ursa Major’s headquarters.. Photo: Courtesy Ursa Major. U.S. rocket propulsion startup Ursa Major said on Tuesday it was awarded a $12.5 million contract to build out production and ...

Debris scatters on June 26, 2025, during a static fire test of a new solid rocket motor at a Northrop Grumman facility in Utah. The motor is supposed to be used in later Artemis moon missions. A test ...