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NASA Begins Testing Cutting-Edge Solar Electric Propulsion Thrusters With 12kW Of Power

NASA has begun qualification testing on what it calls "cutting-edge" solar electric propulsion (SEP) thrusters. The innovative thrusters will be showcased on the Gateway space station that will orbit ...
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High Altitude Chamber Testing at the U.S. Army Redstone Test Center

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 ...
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BluShift Aerospace shifts gears into rocket-booster market

The Brunswick-based startup is marketing its non‑toxic, bio‑derived fuel and a patent‑pending oxidizer system as an ...

Parabilis Space Technologies looks to move testing operations to Ramona

An aerospace firm that makes propulsion products for satellites is leasing land in Ramona with plans to conduct testing in a ...
Wired

Space rocket tests will soon be carried out in Buckinghamshire

The UK Space Agency is investing £4.12 million in a new rocket testing site in Buckinghamshire. The National Propulsion Test Facility in Westcott will provide a space for UK companies and academics to ...
SpaceNews

Desert Works Propulsion Announces Operational Launch of DW-1, a Rocket Engine Test Facility

New Mexico – December 10, 2024 – Desert Works Propulsion, leading provider of electric propulsion (EP) expertise as a service, proudly announces the launch of DW-1, its state-of-the-art vacuum test ...
Aviation Week

Jetcruzer Selects ZeroAvia For Electric Propulsion Testing

The first remanufactured Jetcruzer 500 entered flight testing in September 2024. Credit: Jetcruzer International Hydrogen-electric propulsion developer ZeroAvia has secured the first sale of a ...
SpaceNews

Orion’s Service Module Completes Critical Propulsion Test

NASA is building a system to send astronauts to the Moon for Artemis missions, and that includes tests to make sure the Orion spacecraft is prepared to safely carry crew on an alternate mission ...
Business Wire

Sierra Space Completes Test Campaign on Next Generation Vortex 35,000 lbf Fuel-Rich LOX LH2 Engine

LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth ®, announced today the ...
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NASA Is Back Testing Nuclear Propulsion for Spaceships for the First Time Since the 1960s

It has long become obvious that if we are to expand our reach into the solar system, the current means of propulsion for spaceships would simply not do. With such goals set for the near future, the ...
Aviation Week

NASA Inspector General Audit Raises Rocket Propulsion Test Concerns

NASA conducts an RS-25 hot fire test on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi in 2023. Credit: NASA Office of Inspector General HOUSTON—Much of NASA’s rocket ...