The new booster is is scheduled to launch on the ninth Artemis lunar mission in the 2030s — but there's a chance that it will ...

The solid-rocket booster that will help send NASA missions into deep space gets its last test firing in advance of 2018's maiden launch of the SLS rocket. Toggle search box Toggle navigation.

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 ...

Discovery was firmly attached its 15-story external fueltank and solid rocket boosters Saturday after a slight delay due to a looseattachment nut that slipped into the spacecraft's aft compartment ...

The world's largest solid rocket booster roared to life in a ground test today (March 11) for NASA's Space Launch System rocket.

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.

NASA and Northrop Grumman conducted the first solid rocket booster test for the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on September 2. Shortly after 3 p.m. ET, the engines roared to life at the ...

This second test of the Space Launch System's solid rocket booster will cool the unit to its minimum operating temperature, then light it up for a full 2-minute burn that outputs 3.6 million ...

Related: Artemis 2 astronauts train for emergencies with Orion spacecraft ahead of 2025 moon launch (photos) These two solid rocket boosters will help heft the 322-foot (98-meter) SLS to space ...