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The article reports that Elon Musk, chief executive officer of aerospace company SpaceX, has used his Instagram account to share photographs of a Tesla Roadster being prepared for its Mars orbit. Topics mentioned include the first flight of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket, thoughts from Musk about test flights of new rockets, and the company's preparation for a Falcon 9 rocket launch on December 22, 2017.

The article reports on aerospace firm Orbital ATK's successful first test of its rocket booster in Utah in March 2015, deemed a major milestone in preparation for future missions of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft.

The article discusses the importance of flight testing in rocket development, and the risks of minimalist flight testing as spaceflight companies accelerate the commencement of their commercial operations. Topics covered include the failed test flight of SpaceShipTwo Enterprise of commercial spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft test flights conducted by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 1959-1968, and the test flight of Ariane 5 rocket.

The article reports on the rollout of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket for Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) in Florida on September 30, 2014. Topics covered include the careful analysis of launch site to ensure that there will be no problems in the release of the spacecraft. Also mentioned is the aim of the spacecraft to travel above the Earth and collect space samples.

The article reports on the completion of Aerojet Rocketdyne's testing of the J-2X rocket engine for the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Space Launch System which will not be able to use the engine in the foreseeable future due to its power and weight.

The article discusses Australia's Scramspace hypersonic rocket program as of November 4, 2013. The project's failure due to a flaw in the rocket booster is mentioned. The author says that despite the failed test, the project has highlighted several engineering successes. Scramspace project director Russell Boyce's account of the failed test is presented.

The article reports the completion of the flight tests of a low-cost missile which was developed by U.S. defense contractor and industrial corporation Raytheon to shoot down mortars, rockets and unmanned aircraft, under the U.S. Army's Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative (AI3) program.

The article reports on the test-firing of a rocket propulsion system conducted in Israel led by Defense Ministry officials.

The article reports on launch of the It's A Test electron rocket by startup Rocket Lab. Topics discussed include analysis of tests related to launch of the rocket with assessment of rocket's different stages while reaching towards an orbit; utilization of 3D-printing approaches for development of the rocket by the firm in manufacturing its engine; and collaboration of the firm with several organizations such as Moon Express for delivering payloads in an orbit.

The article reports on the investigation into the failures of the engines to be used by Russia's Proton rocket, which were manufactured by Voronezh Manufacturing.

The article reports that the aerospace industries firm Virgin Galactic announced it has begun final testing of the RM2 hybrid rocket of its SpaceShipTwo sub-orbital space passenger vehicle.

The article focuses on testing of a gas generator built from parts for the F-1 first-stage rocket engine of the Saturn V rocket. It states that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) is investigating the possibility of modernizing the F-1 engine for advanced kerosene-fueled booster rockets. It mentions NASA is developing digital images of old hardware to convert into computer-aided design files which could be used in additive manufacturing equipment and selective laser sintering.

The article discusses the development of rocket engine combustion-chamber technology that would lessen the cost of rocket engines through the elimination of regenerative cooling by Orbital Technologies Corp (Orbitec). The company utilized vortex engine technology that was proven successful in an October 2012 rocket test in Mojave, California.

The article discusses a backlog of orders in 2012 for a modified Falcon 9 medium-lift rocket developed by California company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) that has not yet been flight tested. The rocket should deliver unmanned payloads to low Earth orbit (LEO) satelittes, and commercial space launch operators such as SES are mentioned. The European Space Agency's Ariane 5 rocket and the European rocket consortium Arianespace are discussed.

Several letters to the editor are presented that praise the F1 rocket engine on the 50th anniversary of its test flight, respond to the article "Commercial Cooperation," by Frank Morring Jr., from the May 7, 2012 issue, about the Liberty launch system from aircraft manufacturer ATK, and correct an error in the April 9, 2012 issue about the AL-31 turbofan engine.

The article focuses on the development of of the launch abort engine (LAE) rocket engine by the aerospace industry firm Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. Testing of the engine which began on March 8, 2012 is discussed as part of the planned use of the engine in the CST-100 space vehicle for manned flight being created by Boeing Co for the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA). It is noted that the LAE had originally been created for space vehicle programs which were canceled.

The article focuses on the aerospace industries firm Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX). Lengthy delays in the company's development of a rocket engine for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle are examined in terms of their impact on Space X's ability to fulfill contracts for launching of artificial satellites by 2014.

The article focuses on the Falcon rocket test firing at the SpaceX rocket testing plant outside McGregor, Texas. Most of the rockets being tested will carry satellites into space. The cost for Falcon rockets carrying satellites into space will be about seven million U.S. dollars for small payloads in low Earth orbit. The stages of building rockets are also described.

The article reports on the successful test flight of U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration's (NASA's) commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Antares rocket from a pad at the Agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on April 21, 2013.

The article reports on the test fire conducted by the Indian Space Research Organisation on August 28, 2016 of its scramjacket rocket engine, which will utilize oxygen from the atmosphere to reduce launch cost.

The article focuses on completion of ground tests for the manned space vehicle Space Launch System (SLS) from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in Promontory, Utah and mentions NASA's efforts for making the Orion spacecraft for Mars missions in 2018.

The article reports on launch of satellites with Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle's core alone (PSLV-CA) variant by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, India in December 2015. Topics include testing of multiple rocket engine for the first time by India, launching of several Singaporean satellites with one rocket being a challenge for ISRO, testing ability of the engine to restart after being cut off and the TeLEOS-1 earth observation satellite.

The article reports on the growing interest in the propulsion process called pressure gain combustion within the global aerospace community. Topics discussed include the shift of emphasis from pulsed-detonation engines to continuous or rotating-detonation engines, a collaborative team conducting an experiment to demonstrate a single turbine stage integrated into a continuous detonation engine (CDE) and GHKN Engineering testing continuous detonation rocket engines (CDRE) for space applications.

The article offers astronomy news briefs as of December 2015 including testing on the R-25 rocket engines completed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), impact of shock waves from a supernova and meeting of scientists who will lead NASA's Europa exploration mission.

The article reports that Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin announced on November 24, 2015 that is has successfully launched another New Shepard capsule into space and its booster rocket safely landed on Earth shortly afterwards. Topics mentioned include how Blue Origin successfully sent their New Shepard space capsule into space to a planned test altitude of 100.5 kilometers above the surface of the Earth.

The article offers information on the John C. Stennis Space Center, the largest rocket test facility of National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA).

The article reports developments in the global aerospace industry as of October 2015. China made a major test on the propulsion system of its Long March 5 rocket. Also cited are the production by Southwest Research Institute of a microsatellite to be used for the study of hurricanes, the scheduled launching of the James Webb Space Telescope on an Ariane V spacecraft in French Guiana in 2018, and the revitalised Russian reusable rocket programme.

The article focuses on the success of India in developing and testing a high-thrust cryogenic rocket engine. Topics discussed include the use of the engine for the GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle, the gas generator cycle of the C25 automobile's cryogenic engine, and the fields used during the design of the engine including fluid dynamics, metallurgy, and rotor dynamics.

The article reports on the first qualifcation ground test conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Orbital ATK of the five-segment rocket motor that will be used for NASA's heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS).

The article discusses developments in testing rocket motors using hybrid rocket systems. Topics covered include the testing of six free-flight sounding rockets by the educational non-profit organization SystemsGo in July 2014, the efforts of Utah State Propulsion Research Laboratory in testing a unique low input power arc-ignition system used in hybrid rockets, and the static firing tests of a swirling-oxidizer-flow-type hybrid rocket engine by the Hybrid Rocket Research Working Group in Japan.

The article discusses destruction of experimental rocket tested by space transport services company SpaceX. Topics include testing of F9R rocket carried out at MacGregor, Texas, another test of Falcon 9 scheduled for August 27, 2014 at Kennedy Space Center along with launch of telecommunication satellite AsiaSat-6, and official statement issued by the company on its twitter page about the incident.

The article reports on the Alternative Pyroshock Test, a method that test a rocket part, demonstrated by engineers at Sandia National Laboratories to ensure the rocket's avionic would withsatnd the shock from stage separation during flight. It mentions the statement of Mark Pilcher, a mechanical engineer, that vthe use of pyroshock tests is to ensure aerospace parts were ready for the rigors of flight.

A personal narrative is presented in which the author reflects on his experience working as a rocket test engineer during a ramjet engine test for the Chemical Systems Division of United Technologies Corporation in 1977.

The article looks at the private space-flight industry, reporting on satellite company Orbital Sciences's April 2013 test launch of a rocket designed to carry a capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) and noting the company is a competitor to space flight company SpaceX.