Rocket launch at Spaceport tests new Los Alamos technology

About this episode

This episode covers a suborbital rocket launch conducted by Los Alamos National Laboratory to test new technology.

Join Los Alamos National Laboratory for an audio field trip to a suborbital rocket launch. The flight took place in November 2025 in conjunction with commercial partner UP Aerospace, conducted the launch at Spaceport America. The goal was to test the performance of a new re-entry vehicle featuring a deployable aeroshell built by another commercial partner, Redwire Space, with assistance from the NASA Ames Research Center, which develops the technologies, simulations, and scientific foundations that make NASA missions possible.

Topics covered

• rocket launch
• Los Alamos technology
• suborbital flight
• aeroshell
• NASA

Keywords

• Spaceport America
• UP Aerospace
• Redwire Space
• NASA Ames Research Center

Mentioned in this episode

Products: re-entry vehicle, deployable aeroshell

Places: Los Alamos

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