HELSINKI — Chinese commercial launch firm Space Pioneer appears to be moving towards a first launch of its Tianlong-3 rocket despite a disastrous static-fire test in June. Space Pioneer suffered a ...

PLD Space completed a 122-second test firing of its Miura 1 rocket Sept. 15, setting the stage for the vehicle's first suborbital flight as soon as September. Credit: PLD Space PARIS — PLD Space, a ...

SpaceX is on track to launch the Falcon Heavy for the first time in three years after it successfully put the heavy-lift launch vehicle through a static fire test. The private space corporation has ...

When it comes to rockets, a “static-fire engine test,” by definition, means that the rocket should remain on the ground and not move. But during such a test in China on Sunday, that clearly didn’t ...

July 29 (UPI) --SpaceX scrubbed a static fire test for a Falcon 9 rocket that will carry the Crew-11 team to the International Space Station due to an error. SpaceX ...

The 'static fire' test was part of the ongoing prep work for the first-ever Starship orbital test flight. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...