Northrop Grumman Corporation along with NASA and Lockheed Martin successfully performed a ground firing test of the abort motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS) at Northrop ...

A static fire test of an XB-32 rocket. Credit: X-Bow Systems X-Bow Systems completed a static test on the company’s largest rocket so far, the strategic-class Ballesta, the Albuquerque, New ...

Solid rocket motors remain essential for missiles, target vehicles, and space-launch systems, but their development cycles ...

Overseen by the 717th Test Squadron and the Arnold Engineering Development Test Complex, the ground-based fire of the Sentinel’s second stage rocket motor was “conducted in a vacuum chamber to ...

ISRO successfully tested an upgraded third stage for its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle. This improved stage features a lighter motor case, boosting the SSLV's payload capacity by 90 kg. The test ...

NASA’s Space Shuttle program successfully fired its first Production Rate Motor Tuesday, Aug. 16, at a Utah test facility. The two-minute static, or stationary, firing of the rocket motor was ...

Northrop Grumman conducts its first annual SMART Demo static test to demonstrate several solid rocket motor innovations in December 2023 at the company’s Promontory, Utah, test area. Credit: Northrop ...

Northrop Grumman has successfully test fired solid-rocket motors for the Sentinel nuclear missile's first two stages. The firm now plans to move into qualification tests. (Northrop Grumman) WASHINGTON ...

Indian space agency has conducted successfully a static test of an improved version of the third stage (SS3) of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) on Tuesday at the Solid Motor Static Test Facility ...

ISRO successfully tested an improved SS3 stage for the SSLV, increasing payload capacity by 90 kg. The new SS3 features a lighter carbon-epoxy motor case, a better igniter and nozzle. New facilities ...