Air-breathing rocket engine passes key initial tests
A key element of Reaction Engine’s SABRE air-breathing rocket engine has successfully passed the first phase of high-temperature testing
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Testing of engines for NASA’s Space Launch System completed
RS-25 engines for NASA mega-rocket’s core stage are ready for integration
Mars helicopter completes flight tests
Engineers at NASA have successfully tested a helicopter that will operate in Mars inside a space simulator
Dream Chaser spacecraft passes testing milestone
Ground and flight operations of space-plane have been enabled and the first flight is planned for early 2021
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover progresses through testing
In a little more than seven minutes in the early afternoon of February 18, 2021,…
Air breathing rocket passes preliminary design review
The development of the world’s first air-breathing rocket engine has taken a step forward after passing an important design review, paving the way to major ground testing within the next 18 months
Rig for testing Ariane 6 rocket opens in Germany
Stand P5.2 at DLR Lampoldshausen will be used to test the Ariane 6 upper stage
ExoMars rover’s remote communications tested in Atacama desert
The rover, which is destined for the surface of Mars on 2021 was remotely operated from Oxfordshire in the UK
ESA tests 3D printed rocket thrust chamber
Engineers from the German Aerospace Centre DLR have hot fired a 3D printed, full-scale, rocket thrust chamber assembly for the first time
Virgin achieves spaceflight firsts
Virgin Galactic’s Unity spacecraft has conducted its fifth powered test flight and the second space flight of its test flight program