While the fate of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket hangs in the balance, the agency is pushing ahead with tests of new components needed to launch the vehicle toward the Moon. The latest test ...

While the first Artemis mission has yet to launch, NASA and partner Northrop Grumman are already testing new boosters for future launches capable of sending humans to deep space including Mars. The ...

NASA has completed the first full-scale static test fire of the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket motor, the next-generation solid rocket booster for the space agency’s SLS ...

NASA, on June 2, 2026, shipped the last of the solid rocket booster segments of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to be used for the Artemis III mission, according to the agency. These components ...

The latest test of a next-generation rocket booster for NASA’s Artemis program ended with a violent hardware failure, a stark reminder that deep space ambitions still hinge on unforgiving engineering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Northrop Grumman saw some fiery drama during a test of a more powerful version of the solid rocket booster that would be used if ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 Booster Obsolescence Life Extension Development Motor 1 test June 26 at Northrop Grumman’s Promontory, Utah, facility. Credit: Brian Everstine PROMONTORY, Utah—Northrop Grumman and NASA on June 26 ...

SLS didn’t fly around the Moon. It doesn’t have the endurance to reach the Moon, and it doesn’t need it either. SLS launched Orion around the Moon, but it wasn’t actually Orion. It was something ...