Jalopnik

Japan's Flagship Rocket Engine Exploded During Testing For The Second Time

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 ...

Watch Blue Origin test fire its rocket engines ahead of NASA’s Mars launch

The New Glenn rocket blasted its engines in preparation for next month's Mars mission.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your ...
Engadget

Blue Origin is investigating why a rocket engine exploded during testing

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is still running into technical problems. The company has confirmed that a BE-4 engine exploded roughly 10 seconds into a firing test in Texas on June 30th. No one was hurt ...
Space.com

New Japanese rocket engine explodes during testing for 2nd time in 16 months

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Business Wire

Rocket Lab Completes Archimedes Engine Build, Begins Engine Test Campaign

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has completed the ...
Space.com

Blue Origin's BE-4 rocket engine exploded during June 30 test: report

One of Blue Origin's powerful BE-4 rocket engines suffered a dramatic failure during testing last month, according to CNBC. The BE-4 — the engine that will power Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket and ...
Ars Technica

The re-flight of a Rutherford engine demonstrates rocket reuse is here to stay

Rocket Lab launched its 40th Electron mission this week and achieved an important milestone in its quest to reuse orbital rockets. As part of the mission, the launch company reused a previously flown ...
Business Wire

Rocket Lab Opens Engine Development Center in Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today officially opened the Company’s ...
SpaceNews

Landspace completes 10-kilometer reusable rocket test, eyes 2025 orbital launch

The Zhuque-3 VTVL-1 test article making its powered descent and landing at Jiuquan, Sept. 11, 2024. Credit: Landspace HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Landspace conducted a 10-kilometer vertical ...
Ars Technica

The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion

Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a ...
ExtremeTech

A Blue Origin BE-4 Rocket Engine Exploded During Testing

Blue Origin has experienced a setback as it works to produce high-thrust BE-4 rocket engines. While testing a BE-4 engine late last month, the thruster exploded in dramatic fashion. Blue Origin did ...