Tag: Reusable rockets
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Rocket returned, lightly used: Why Blue Origin’s landed New Glenn booster is so clean
New Glenn’s first successful landing marks a milestone in reusable spaceflight The aerospace community is buzzing after Blue Origin’s New Glenn dedicated booster achieved its first landing last week, following a mission that carried NASA’s twin ESCAPADE Mars probes into space. While the landing itself drew attention for its precision, what surprised observers most was…
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Blue Origin Rocket Successfully Lands Booster During Launch
Blue Origin Achieves Successful Booster Landing During Launch A Blue Origin rocket completed a successful mission yesterday, with its booster touching down smoothly after lift-off. The event underscores Blue Origin’s ongoing commitment to reusable rocket technology and marks another milestone for commercial spaceflight. While the mission details vary by flight, the core achievement remains the…
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Blue Origin Rocket Shines as Booster Lands After Launch
Blue Origin Makes a Skyscraper-Like Recovery: Booster Lands After Launch In a showcase of modern spaceflight engineering, Blue Origin demonstrated the reliability of its reusable rocket technology as a booster touched down safely after a recent launch. The successful landing marks another milestone in the company’s ongoing pursuit of cost-effective, repeatable access to space, a…
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Europe’s Quest for Reusable Rockets: A 2030s Sovereign Launch Era
Europe Eyes Reusable Rockets to Guarantee Sovereign Space Access Europe is accelerating its journey toward sovereign access to space by developing reusable rocket technology. Led by ArianeGroup, the European Space Agency (ESA) and national space agencies are moving a portfolio of demonstrator programs toward flight in the early 2030s. The goal is not merely to…
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Europe’s Path to Reusable Rockets: Callisto, Themis, and Skyhopper Forge a sovereign launch future
Europe Eyes Reusable Rockets by the Early 2030s Europe is accelerating its journey toward sovereign space launch capability by developing a fleet of reusable rockets. Led by ArianeGroup, the continent is planning a sequence of demonstrators—Callisto, Themis, and Skyhopper—that collectively aim to reduce costs, increase launch cadence, and strengthen Europe’s strategic independence in space access.…
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Europe’s Path to Reusable Rockets: ArianeGroup’s Demonstrators Pave Way for Sovereign Launch Capabilities
Europe doubling down on reusable rockets Europe is intensifying its push to secure sovereign access to space by developing reusable rocket technology. Through ArianeGroup, the European space community is planning a series of demonstrators designed to prove the viability of reusability while reducing costs and strengthening continental autonomy in access to space. The overarching goal…
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Off to Indian Ocean Splashdown: Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship Completes 11th Test Flight
Overview: A Milestone in Spaceflight SpaceX has completed its eleventh full-scale test flight of the Starship rocket, a key milestone in the company’s bid to support NASA’s plans for crewed lunar landings by 2030. The mission, which saw Starship travel roughly halfway around the world, featured the spacecraft deploying eight mock Starlink satellites and executing…
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Starship 11th Test Flight Pushes SpaceX Moon Mission
SpaceX Champions Another Milestone for Starship SpaceX wrapped up the 11th full-scale test flight of its colossal Starship rocket, continuing a high-profile program that aims to redefine Earth-to-space travel. The launch, staged from the snout of Starbase near the Mexican border in Texas, sent the towering vehicle skyward in a display that combined scientific testing…
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SpaceX Fires Starship Again: A Test of Reusable Design and Future Moon Missions
SpaceX advances Starship with eleventh test flight Elon Musk’s SpaceX conducted another high-stakes test of its Starship program, launching the eleventh Starship rocket from SpaceX’s Starbase site in Texas. The mission was designed to push the vehicle’s reusable design closer to operational reality for satellite deployments and, eventually, crewed missions to the Moon and Mars.…
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Starship Super Heavy 11th Test Flight: Booster Crashes in Gulf of Mexico
SpaceX launches Starship Super Heavy on 11th test flight from Texas SpaceX undertook the eagerly anticipated 11th test flight of its Starship Super Heavy system, a crucial step in proving the feasibility of fully reusable rockets capable of ferrying humans and cargo to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The launch, conducted from SpaceX’s Starbase facility…