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Watch NASA's megarocket ace a pivotal thrust test before its moon flight

NASA's megarocket is back in its giant garage after completing a mission-critical dress rehearsal at the launchpad for its first voyage to the moon.. Credit: NASA/Maddison Tuttle NASA's megarocket is ...
Flightglobal

Northrop Grumman scramjet engine produces record thrust in test

A scramjet engine made by Northrop Grumman set a record for the highest thrust produced by an air-breathing hypersonic engine in US Air Force history. Ground tests of the 5.5m (18ft)-long engine were ...
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Watch NASA test powerful motor for its moon megarocket

NASA's moon megarocket is going to get a heckuva lot… mega-er. Though the U.S. space agency has only completed the crewless Artemis I mission around the moon and back so far, engineers are busy ...
Aviation Week

Rolls' Test Site For 140,000-lb.-thrust On Track For UltraFan in 2021

Rising cathedral-like into the skies of Rolls-Royce's lofty Test Bed 80 will be the company’s most capable indoor evaluation facility and, sized for engines of up to 140,000 lb. thrust, a concrete ...
SpaceNews

Blue Origin Completes Rocket Engine Thrust Chamber Test

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Blue Origin has successfully fired the thrust chamber assembly for its new 100,000 pound thrust BE-3 liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen rocket engine. As part ...
Aviation Week Network

Beehive Ramps Up Frenzy Engine Tests

Propulsion startup Beehive Industries is preparing to ship its first additively manufactured Frenzy engine for altitude tests ...
GeekWire

Jeff Bezos kicks back with full-thrust firing of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine in Texas

Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine lights up for a full-thrust test firing in Texas. (Jeff Bezos via Instagram) If you’re hanging out in West Texas during a pandemic, there are few fireworks shows more ...