12 December 2019
Blue Origin's New Shepard makes 12th test flight
... of the vehicle. One day, a capsule affixed to the rocket's summit will carry six astronaut passengers on a trip that accelerates... with minimal refurbishment between flights. This particular rocket has been an operational payload vehicle for several...
February 2020
Debunking the myths on space patents
... so-called NewSpace companies. The change of pace in technology development has been refreshing to say the least: from reusable rockets to suborbital planes, and even convertible cars orbiting the sun near Mars. However, for some companies...
October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
... small for industries worldwide The single-use H3 isn’t the only project on the drawing board, however. A reusable rocket is planned, building on advances made in the past few decades. In the 1970s, the Space Shuttle developers considered...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
... and responsiveness of access to space. SABRE powered launch vehicles would have a number of advantages over existing reusable rocket technology. Aside from the lower launch costs made possible by the reduction in the amount of propellants the...
13 March 2015
ESA re-entry vehicle could pave way for reusable launcher
... re-entry demonstrator Wednesday to validate technologies for future robotic exploration probes, winged space planes, and reusable rocket boosters. The European Space Agency’s Intermediate Experimental Vehicle — about the size of a family car — will...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
.... SpaceX recently succeeded in the Falcon-9 launch of astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), the return of the reusable rocket, and then the return of the Dragon capsule - all massive achievements. However, could the much stronger...
