12 December 2019
Blue Origin's New Shepard makes 12th test flight
... Origin said in a news release. Blue Origin has so far reused two boosters five times each consecutively, so the launch marks a record with this booster completing its 6th flight to space and back with minimal refurbishment...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
... dawning, an age characterised by commercial and technological development. Around the world entrepreneurial startups are building rocket boosters and engines, satellites and asteroid probes and even commercial lunar cargo landers. Research into ever...
18 January 2016
Falcon 9 Launches Successfully, Though First Stage Landing Fails
... an ocean science satellite, although due to a landing leg breaking in a hard landing, the attempt to land the rocket booster on the drone ship has apparently failed. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force...
07 February 2018
Musk sets pace in the race to Mars
... not only the launch but also the return to land of two of the Heavy's three first-stage boosters, strapped on the rocket’s side for takeoff. The mission was flawless, a triumph for SpaceX and its...
04 December 2018
SpaceX sets two new highs in its latest launch
... orbit in one go – the largest single rideshare mission from a US based launch vehicle to date – but it also re-used a booster successfully for the third time. Originally scheduled for the 2 December, the packed mission, named Spaceflight...
September 2016
Small launcher market survey
...details on their proposed launcher systems. The listing in the table is arranged from the smallest lift capability up to boosters that can lift 2500 kg to low LEO. As represented in Figure 4, of the 38 entries, 13 are currently operational and 25 are...
