Northrop Grumman conducted the first test firing of its Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) five-segment solid rocket motor at its Promontory production and test site in Utah. The Development Motor 1 (DM-1) fired Thursday, June 26, at 12:25 PM MDT (18:25 UTC) and lasted for close to two minutes and 20 seconds, burning over 1.4 million pounds of propellant.
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Starlink launch concludes record-breaking 2024
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Ship 28 and Booster 10 excelled in nearly every aspect and nearly completed every objective…
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After the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officially closed the mishap investigation into the second flight…
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As Boeing nears completing final assembly of NASA’s second Space Launch System (SLS) core stage…
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Artemis
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Artemis
SLS working to overcome supply chain, weld issues to complete Artemis II Core Stage this year
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SpaceX has rolled out Ship 25 to the launch site and stacked it on top…
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Artemis
Boeing expanding SLS Core Stage production to KSC to build Artemis inventory
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It was December 29 of last year when Ship 20 performed its fourth and final…
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Boeing is continuing final assembly work for the second Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage…
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As the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket prepares for its first flight as soon as…
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After a successful Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR), NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) rolled back the…
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NASA got within several seconds of completing its practice launch day exercise June 20 with…
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Soyuz launches Russian intelligence satellite from Plesetsk
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Rocket 3.3, the first Astra rocket to successfully launch to orbit, has successfully returned to…
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Astra finds electrical, software failures as root causes of ELaNa 41 mission failure
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