Northrop Grumman Deepens Role In DARPA Rocket Motor Program Progress

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) and Raytheon have moved their joint work on DARPA's Burn n' Go solid rocket motor program into ...

Blue Origin rocket exploded on launchpad, throwing the future of NASA’s Artemis program into question

During an evening test fire on May 28, 2026, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded, engulfing the launchpad in a massive ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

How a Blue Origin rocket explosion could impact NASA's moon mission

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad during a test in Cape Canaveral on Thursday. The company, owned by Jeff Bezos, said no one was injured and all personnel were accounted for.

Exploding Blue Origin rocket could delay Artemis space program’s ambitious plan to land on moon

It’s one giant misstep for mankind. The Blue Origin rocket that exploded into a stunning fireball during a test debacle on the Florida coast could delay the Artemis space program’s bold mission to ...
Ars Technica

Rocket Report: China launches with no advance warning; Europe’s drone ship

Welcome to Edition 8.15 of the Rocket Report! This year has been, at best, one of mixed results for SpaceX’s Starship program. There have been important steps forward, including the successful reuse ...
Ars Technica

Rocket Report: SpaceX probes upper stage malfunction; Starship testing resumes

Welcome to Edition 8.28 of the Rocket Report! The big news in rocketry this week was that NASA still hasn’t solved the problem with hydrogen leaks on the Space Launch System. The problem caused months ...
CompositesWorld

DLR rocket flight in ATHEAt program demonstrates CMC nose, movable body flaps

On Oct. 6, the German Aerospace Center (DLR, Braunschweig) launched a 13.5-meter-long research rocket for the Advanced Technologies for High Energetic Atmospheric Flight of Launcher Stages (ATHEAt) ...