Fire, smoke, and the roar of a rocket engine blasted the Colorado prairie – the Ablative Mark 1 test was an exciting victory. A student club project at the University of Colorado Boulder, the static firing of the liquid-fueled engine is the culmination ...

Rocket Lab (NasdaqGS:RKLB) completed a full duration test of Neutron’s second stage AVac engine. The test marks a key technical step toward the first launch of the Neutron medium lift rocket. Neutron is designed as a reusable,

Rocket Lab recently performed a full-duration static fire test with the engine that will power the second stage of its powerful new Neutron launch vehicle.

SpaceX completed a Starship engine test at its Starbase facility recently, igniting all six of the vehicle's engines for a full minute.

TOKYO: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Thursday (July 23) conducted a ground test of the Epsilon S small rocket's engine, following two consecutive failures in similar tests in recent years,

A new generation of space rockets is inching closer to launch. Private space company Astrobotic recently revealed it carried out a successful test of two of its rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs), firing the two engines for more than 470 seconds ...

Full system test fire of the Lieyan-2 rocket engine in early 2026. Credit: Spark Space PADUA, Italy — Chinese startup Spark Space has secured a series of funding rounds for what it claims will be the world’s largest electric-pump-fed rocket, following ...

Welcome to Edition 8.37 of the Rocket Report! NASA is still climbing down from the high of the Artemis II mission, the first flight by humans to the Moon since 1972. What a mission it was! Now, attention turns to completing development of a lander to get ...