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NASA’s testing for redesigned RS-25 engines to be used on future Space Launch System (SLS) missions continued with a March 8 full-duration hot fire at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The test, conducted on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, was th...

Teams at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have fully integrated all five major structures of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage for Artemis II, the first crewed Artemis mission that will send four astronauts around the Moon and return them home. Technicians joined the e...

NASA conducted a long-duration hot fire of an RS-25 certification engine on March 21, continuing a key series of testing to support future Space Launch System (SLS) missions to deep space as part of Artemis missions as the agency continues to inspire the world through discovery. Operators fired the ...

NASA is testing upgraded RS-25 engines for Artemis V, boosting thrust and lowering costs through modern manufacturing. As NASA prepares for the first crewed Artemis missions to the Moon, agency propulsion and test teams are setting their sights on future Space Launch System (SLS) flights and working...

New research reveals nonlocality scales with more particles, paving the way for quantum communication breakthroughs. The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Alain Aspect, John Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger for their works on “quantum nonlocality” in quantum mechanics. Quantum nonlo...

Relativity Space launched the Terran 1, the first test rocket made entirely from 3D-printed parts, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in March. The rocket, standing 100 feet tall and 7.5 feet wide, incorporated nine 3D-printed engines built using an innovative copper alloy known as Glenn Resear...

NASA successfully launched the first two TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) CubeSats on Monday, aimed at studying tropical cyclones. The CubeSats, part of a constellation of four, will orbit Earth’s tropics in a...

Rocket Lab launcedh NASA’s TROPICS mission, which includes four small CubeSats equipped with a spinning microwave radiometer for atmospheric monitoring. The mission, led by Dr. William Blackwell at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory, builds on data and lessons learned from the previously launched ...

NASA successfully launched the final pair of satellites for its TROPICS mission from New Zealand. The four CubeSats in the mission will provide hourly updates on tropical cyclones, improving upon the current six-hour intervals, to enhance the understanding and forecasting of hurricanes and typhoons....

NASA has successfully completed a full-length hot fire test of the RS-25 engine, marking a crucial step in the Artemis missions that aim to return humans to the Moon and ultimately Mars. NASA completed a full-duration hot fire of the RS-25 certification engine on May 23, continuing a critical test s...

Progressing with the development of reusable European rockets, ArianeGroup successfully tested Prometheus, a 100-tonne thrust class engine that uses liquid oxygen-liquid methane fuel and 3D printing for cost-effective, clean, and reusable operations. Mounted on a prototype reusable rocket stage, The...

NASA’s Starling mission lifted off from the launch pad aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Pad B and Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, at 1:27 p.m. local time. Subsequently, the four Starling CubeSats were confirmed to have deployed from the Rocket Lab’s Electron kick stage. The spacecraf...

NASA’s Artemis II mission has reached a significant milestone with the preparation of a critical auxiliary target that underwent testing at United Launch Alliance’s Florida facility. A critical auxiliary target for NASA’s Artemis II mission is ready for flight, having undergone testing at United Lau...

Data from the PREFIRE mission will inform climate and ice models, providing better projections of how a warming world will affect sea ice loss, ice sheet melt, and sea level rise. NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to provide the launch service for the agency’s PREFIRE ...

ESA’s Ariane 6 vehicle tested its Vinci and APU engines in Germany, marking a step forward in Europe’s space technology and collaboration efforts. On September 1, 2023, ESA’s all-new Ariane 6 launch vehicle fired its two upper-stage engines to simulate the way they will have to operate t...

ESA’s Ariane 6 rocket underwent successful testing in French Guiana, showcasing readiness for pre-launch procedures and system safety. Designed to succeed Ariane 5, Ariane 6 is Europe’s next-generation heavy-lift launch system, backed by experts from ESA’s 22 Member States. At Euro...

Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have installed the first of four RS-25 engines on the core stage of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will help power NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission to the Moon. During Artemis II, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Vict...

NASA has successfully attached all four RS-25 engines to the Artemis II Moon rocket’s core stage. This milestone is a part of NASA’s Artemis program, aiming to land the first woman and person of color on the Moon. Teams at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have structurally...

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...