The latest test of a next-generation rocket booster for NASA’s Artemis moon program ended with a violent structural failure, ...

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.

A Virginia-based propulsion-focused company conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket booster. The 156-foot-long five-segment solid ...

NASA’s Space Launch System appears to have a finite shelf life. The Trump administration wants to cancel it after just three launches, while the preliminary text of a bill making its way through ...

Northrop Grumman saw some fiery drama during a test of a more powerful version of the solid rocket booster that would be used if NASA’s Artemis program ever gets to its ninth launch using the ...

Debris flies away from the nozzle of the BOLE solid rocket booster during a static-fire test June 26. Credit: NASA webcast WASHINGTON — A new version of the solid rocket booster being developed for ...

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 motor is supposed to be used in later Artemis moon missions. Credit: ...