Students to launch high-powered rockets at NASA event

Student rocket teams from across the country will gather near Huntsville this weekend to take part in NASA's 2026 Student Launch challenge, a competition that caps months of design and testing.
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NASA begins Artemis III rocket stacking as 2027 test mission nears

NASA has delivered most of the Artemis III Space Launch System core stage to Kennedy Space Center, marking a key step toward its 2027 crewed test mission. The flight will focus on docking trials between Orion and lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin ...

NASA’s Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers?

But so far, it’s looking like the rocket and spaceship needed for a lunar landing are getting there for NASA. The biggest remaining piece of the architecture, therefore, is a lunar lander. Known in NASA parlance as the Human Landing System,

Astrobotic’s Detonation Engine Fires 4,000 Pounds of Thrust in Wild Test

Space startup Astrobotic put its rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) to the test for the first time, demonstrating a potentially groundbreaking technology that generates thrust by supersonic combustion.
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See Astrobotic pull off a major test of its ‘ring of fire’ rocket engine

Rotating detonation rocket engines work differently than traditional rockets to maximize thrust while using less fuel—an advantage that could help spacecraft explore farther in the solar system