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Footage of NASA firing up Artemis moon rocket engine for 550 second test

The Space Launch System rocket's RS-25 engine was fired up for the “final round of certification testing ahead of production ...

Manned mission to Moon fires engines to leave Earth’s orbit

Firing the rockets on the Orion spacecraft will send them towards the Moon, which the crew will circle before returning to ...
Ars Technica

After back-to-back failures, SpaceX tests its fixes on the next Starship

SpaceX fired six Raptor engines on the company’s next Starship rocket Monday, clearing a major hurdle on the path to launch later this month on a high-stakes test flight to get the private rocket ...

Artemis II crew clears Earth orbit, heads for the moon

The engine firing provided a slingshot-like boost to the Orion capsule, speeding it to 24,500 mph, the velocity needed to ...
AOL

SpaceX Starship upper stage explodes during countdown to engine test firing

The dramatic explosion of a SpaceX Starship upper stage rocket during a test at the company's Starbase facility on the Texas Gulf coast late Wednesday may have been triggered by the rupture of a ...