AKITA--A small Epsilon S rocket engine exploded during a test in a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency testing center in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, on July 14, breaking the morning quiet and sending up ...

Space Pioneer, a private Chinese space development company, conducted a static ignition test of the first stage engine of the 'Tianlong 3' rocket at a testing facility in Gongyi City, Henan Province.

HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Landspace carried out a breakthrough static fire test Friday as it builds towards an orbital launch attempt with its Zhuque-3 rocket. The nine engines of the Zhuque-3 ...

China successfully organized and carried out the second static fire test of the Long March-10 carrier rocket, the country's new-generation manned launch vehicle, in Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in ...

This photo taken on Aug 15, 2025 shows the static fire test of China's Long March 10 carrier rocket at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in South China's Hainan province. [Photo/Xinhua] China ...

Exhaust billows from a tethered static fire test of a Long March 10 first-stage test article at the LC-301 launch pad, Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan Island, China, Aug. 15, 2025. Credit: CMSEO ...

CHINA’S first fully-reusable rocket, the Zhuque-3, has moved a significant step closer to its inaugural flight, expected before the year’s end, following a critical static-fire test conducted earlier ...

The Gantry at LC-39, an immersive, interactive experience that reimagines the historic Launch Complex 39 gantry, is now open at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Kennedy Space Center) BREVARD ...

Zhuque-3 looks a lot like SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China's first reusable rocket just took a ...