02 June 2016
XCOR lays off significant part of workforce
... on hold. “Following recent breakthroughs in the effort of developing safer, cost-effective, sustainable, reliable and instantly reusable rocket engines for XCOR’s Lynx and other launchers, XCOR Aerospace has decided to focus the majority of its...
20 March 2020
SpaceX plans first crewed flight to ISS in May
...mid-May. The entrepreneur's company will launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...in an emergency. SpaceX has pioneered the use of reusable rocket boosters, landing them 50 times after launches. Company founder ...
February 2022
An interplanetary transportation system
...percent of launched cargo is released towards its destination. The authors’ view is that a better infrastructure with reusable rockets and permanent space elevators must be developed. The multiple destinations, complexity of orbits, magnitude of each...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
...it can carry up 150 tons of payload on a reusable rocket, taking people and cargo to the Moon and potentially ...fulfilling billionaire Elon Musk’s dream of colonising Mars. Other heavy rocket launches include ULA’s Vulcan, Blue Origin’s New Glenn, ...
14 August 2016
Sixth successful landing for Space X rocket
...odds are now, in SpaceX’s favour. Nonetheless, the mantra of SpaceX, to develop reusable rockets is falling short on its promise, as it has yet to re-use any of its rockets. This key goal is still in sight however as Elon Musk tweeted in June of this...
15 June 2020
Skyrora hits a milestone with suborbital rocket launch
... “Skylark Nano’s third successive launch is testament to the engineers who have worked tirelessly to bring to life a reusable rocket that can provide valuable intelligence for the future of the UK space programme.” It comes after Skyrora successfully...
