GeekWire

Stoke Space hotfires rocket engine on new vertical test stand — a ‘very big deal’ for Washington startup

The Stoke Space rocket engine test lights up a vertical test stand in Moses Lake, Wash. (Stoke Space Photo) Stoke Space successfully hotfired its first-stage rocket engine on a new vertical test stand ...
Business Wire

Rocket Lab Completes Archimedes Engine Build, Begins Engine Test Campaign

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has completed the ...
SpaceNews

Rocket Lab Opens Archimedes Engine Test Stand at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today kicked off operations for testing the Archimedes engine with a ribbon cutting ...
Arizona State Press

'Bringing the unknown closer to home': ASU team works to build a liquid rocket

The exact origin of Sun Devil Rocketry is unclear, but current student leadership thinks it was established 20 years ago. In 2025, the team completed the first-ever successful test of a liquid rocket ...
SpaceNews

New Agreement with NASA Puts Relativity Space on Path to Operate One of America’s Largest Rocket Engine Test Facilities

Relativity Space, the first company to 3D print rockets and build the largest metal 3D printers in the world, today detailed its plans to operate one of the largest rocket engine test facilities in ...