SpaceX chief Elon Musk said in February that the mighty Starship rocket would embark on its 12th test flight this month, although several more recent reports have suggested that it might not leave the ...

To fulfill its promise of reaching the Moon and Mars, SpaceX needs a really big rocket. Like, really big. The latest version ...

China's state-owned main space contractor tested five different rocket engines on one day last week in preparation for future missions and projects. The China Aerospace Science and Technology ...

We're always told that rocket science is the hardest form of science out there and a raft of explosions on the launch pad in recent months makes me inclined to agree. Now, a Japanese rocket engine ...

The Epsilon S rocket was supposed to launch early next year, but the recent blast will likely delay its debut by several months. Reading time 2 minutes Japan’s space agency, JAXA, had to abort an ...

ISRO successfully conducted a landmark 165-second full-power test of its powerful CE20 cryogenic rocket engine at sea level ...

NASA fired up RS-25 engine No. 20001 at the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The test lasted about "eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same ...

A test of an engine for Japan's upcoming Epsilon rocket ended in an explosion on Tuesday (Nov. 26), the second time in less than two years that this engine has met an untimely end during testing. On ...

TOKYO, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday after it exploded and caught fire, a repeated failure that will likely push the rocket's debut ...