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Northrop Grumman delivered the 10 twin solid rocket booster segments to NASA, which the space agency is now evaluating for stacking.

NASA’s SLS rocket segments, crucial for the Artemis II mission to the Moon, arrived at the Kennedy Space Center. They'll form key boosters providing significant thrust at liftoff. The Artemis II will be a pivotal crewed test for the Orion spacecraft with four astronauts onboard. The 10 booster mo

Stoke Space, a startup that’s taking an unconventional approach to rocket design, successfully completed a key test of its second stage prototype, bringing the company one step closer to flying a fully reusable launch vehicle. The second stage “hop” test was a crucial assessment of the vehicle’s avionics, software, and ground systems, as well as the performance of the stage’s unique oxygen-hydrogen rocket engine. Unlike other nozzled engines, the one on Stoke’s second stage is integrated fully with the vehicle and operates as a distributed system, wi...

Clemson University students debut autonomous off-road vehicle for disaster missions

The mobile launch platform that supports NASA's Space Launch System rocket was rolled to the pad for testing ahead of next year's crewed Artemis 2 mission to the moon.