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

All but two of the rocket's 33 Raptor engines were engaged during the critical test, which SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says is still enough for an orbital launch. Reading time 3 minutes SpaceX performed the ...

The coming week will also be a time for solemn reflection, as NASA commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster. Reading time 3 minutes SpaceX continues to launch its ...

SpaceX is gearing up for its third Starship launch. The company conducted a “static fire” test on Wednesday, Dec. 20, with the Starship upper-stage prototype, known as Ship 28, briefly igniting the ...

SpaceX is making progress toward the first orbital launch of its Starship launch vehicle, as the company recently conducted a successful static fire test. SpaceX took to its Twitter account to ...

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 ...

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 has completed its first full static fire test for Starship, if not quite in a way that makes the first orbital test flight next month sound realistic. The company hoped to fire all 33 Raptor ...

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 ...

The Ship 24 Starship vehicle is removed from its Super Heavy booster Jan. 25 as SpaceX prepares to conduct a static-fire test of all 33 engines in the booster as soon as next week. Credit: SpaceX ...

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 ...