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UK launching new rocket engine test lab on picturesque peninsula immortalized by Paul McCartney song

A picturesque Scottish peninsula immortalized in a hit Paul McCartney song from the 1970s will host a new U.K. rocket development hub as the country works toward its goal of becoming a major player in ...
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China’s first reusable rocket aces key engine test to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX

LandSpace conducted the static fire test at the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone in northwestern China. The ...
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North Korea conducts its final ground test of a solid-fuel engine for long-range missiles

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday it had conducted the final ground test of a solid-fuel rocket engine for a long-range ballistic missile in its latest advancement toward having an ...
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Kim Jong Un oversees test of new rocket engine for ICBMs, North Korea says

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test of a new rocket engine designed for intercontinental ballistic missiles, the latest step in his effort to ...
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Firefly Eclipse Reusable Rocket Could Lift a Sperm Whale All the Way to Space

American space behemoth Northrop Grumman is working with private space company Firefly Aerospace to make a new medium-lift rocket called Eclipse.