Solid rocket motors are widely used in space launch vehicles, missile weapon propulsion, and spacecraft attitude and orbit control. Its tail flame temperature is a key parameter in evaluating propellant combustion performance and the engine efficiency. Due to the high temperature, high pressure and strong washout characteristics of the solid rocket motor exhaust flame, the test site environment is often accompanied by strong vibration, strong stray radiation, dust pollution and high noise, it's a challenge to temperature measurement techniques. In this paper, the development of contact and contactless temperature measurement techniques for solid rocket motor exhaust flame is summarized, and the advantages and disadvantages of the current techniques are analyzed. It is also pointed out that multispectral radiometric imaging thermometry and its temperature inversion algorithm are the current and future research frontiers.