A Virginia-based propulsion-focused company conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Booster Obsolescence and ...

Cranes hoist a space shuttle solid rocket booster of its road transport onto its new display stands at March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California, on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020.

Sections of the booster are fitted together with tongue-and-groove joints that are held together with pins. Each joint has two O rings, which are protected by a putty coating in front of them. One ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket booster. This was the first demonstration test of the ...

These solid rocket boosters are a holdover from the space shuttle era. Eric Berger – Sep 2, 2020 6:24 pm | 184 Northrop Grumman's full-scale booster ignites on Wednesday afternoon.

When completely assembled, the two 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) rockets will stand 149 feet (45 m) tall, or half the length of a U.S. football field. The solid rocket boosters (SRBs) will support the ...

A test of a new rocket motor for NASA’s future moon missions went awry this week, with the full-size booster hurling a powerful blaze and scattering debris. Northrop Grumman, lead contractor for ...

NASA has completed the first full-scale static test fire of the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket motor, the next-generation solid rocket booster for the space agency’s ...

A solid-propellant booster like those that will help launch NASA's new Space Launch System moon rocket was test fired at Northrop Grumman's Promontory, Utah, facility Wednesday. It was the sixth ...

VALLETTA, Malta — A solid rocket booster designed for Europe’s next-generation Ariane 6 and Vega C launch vehicles completed a third and final static fire test Oct 7.

ATK Aerospace Systems of Magna, Utah, on Sept. 8 test fired a prototype of the shuttle-heritage solid-rocket booster that is intended to be a part of the Space Launch System (SLS), the next U.S ...

The second Vulcan rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, powered by two methane-fueled BE-4 engines and two solid rocket boosters. Credit: United Launch Alliance ...