NASA followed last week's low-key engine test with the test-firing of a solid-fueled booster at Northrop Grumman's rocket ...

Generating a combined 1.6 million pounds of thrust, four hydrogen-fueled RS-25 engines fire during a ground test Saturday of the Space Launch System rocket's first stage.

24.6K. One of the main elements of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage that makes it more than just a big fuel tank is the Main Propulsion System (MPS).

The fully assembled SLS rocket will weigh 5.75 million pounds, stand 322 feet tall and generate 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, making it the most powerful operational rocket in the world.

NASA/GRC plans to issue 4 Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for items/services related to the advanced development of the Ares I (also known as the Crew Launch Vehicle) upper stage Thrust Vector ...

The cofounder of the Vector rocket company, James Cantrell, said this week that he is 100 percent confident that his Vector-R vehicle will launch this year.