Northrop Grumman conducts a static test of its OmegA rocket in Utah Feb. 27. (Northrop Grumman image) Northrop Grumman conducted a static test of their new OmegA rocket at their facility in Promontory ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation and NASA successfully conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor, known as Flight Support Booster-2. The five-segment solid rocket ...

China conducts static fire test of new reusable Long March 12B rocket China’s main space contractor performed a static fire ...

SpaceX has cleared an important hurdle that brings it closer to the Starship system's first orbital flight test. The company has successfully completed a static fire test of the Super Heavy's current ...

Superjet has ticked another box on the list of to-be-completed tasks before regulators grant the type certificate for the SSJ100 regional jet, with the completion of static testing. The trials have ...

A static fire test of an XB-32 rocket. Credit: X-Bow Systems X-Bow Systems completed a static test on the company’s largest rocket so far, the strategic-class Ballesta, the Albuquerque, New ...

SpaceX has confirmed that it ran a static fire test of its Crew Dragon astronaut capsule launch escape system. That’s a key step that it needed to run, and one that is under especially high scrutiny ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (July 23, 2025) – The U.S. Army Redstone Test Center’s Propulsion Test Division has long served as the Army’s premier static test facility, boasting a rich history of evaluating ...

When it comes to rockets, a “static-fire engine test,” by definition, means that the rocket should remain on the ground and not move. But during such a test in China on Sunday, that clearly didn’t ...

SpaceX moved a step closer to launching another Starship with a successful test of its powerful engines. The Elon Musk-led company completed a static test Friday of its Super Heavy Booster No. 9 at ...