News tagged with space rocket

SpaceX signs 1st customer for big new rocket

(AP) — Space Exploration Technologies says it has signed its first commercial contract for a new rocket that will be more powerful than the one that launched the company's Dragon capsule to the International Space Station ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 29, 2012 | 4.8 / 5 (10) | 8

J-2X engine continues to set standards

(Phys.org) -- Testing of the next-generation J-2X rocket engine continues to set standards. Last fall, the engine attained 100 percent power in just its fourth test and became the fastest U.S. rocket engine ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 28, 2012 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0