In their most active year to date, SpaceX reached several reuse milestones, further pursuing their goal of rapid reuse. SpaceX flew boosters on fifth, sixth, and seventh flights for the first time this year and significantly decreased the turnaround time of boosters, with the quickest turnaround of just under 51 days. Not only is this a record for SpaceX, it also beats Space Shuttle Atlantis’ fastest turnaround time, which was 54 days. Atlantis held the world record for the shortest turnaround time of an orbital class vehicle for 35 years.
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China debuted the new Long March-8 – Chang Zheng-8 – launch vehicle out of Wenchang…
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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program is pursuing ways to accelerate development of the on-again,…
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Artemis
Administration proposes the end of EUS while Administrator considers full Exploration manifest rewrite
by Philip SlossAlongside last week’s Trump Administration budget proposal to cancel future Space Launch System (SLS) upgrades,…
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CommercialOther
Exos Aerospace’s SARGE rocket to serve as a platform for a reusable small satellite launcher
With a successful test flight of the reusable SARGE (Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE) sounding…
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CommercialShuttle
SSME returns as AR-22 for rapid reuse demonstration, fired ten times in ten days
by Philip SlossAerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed a nearly two-week long rapid-turnaround test-firing demonstration of a Space Shuttle…
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Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold stepped outside of the International Space…
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CommercialSpaceX
First Falcon 9 Block 5 booster readying for static fire at McGregor; paving way for rapid reuse
by Ian AtkinsonSpaceX is working towards a major milestone on their road to rapid and inexpensive reusability.…
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After 30 days in space and 28 days berthed to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s…
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For SpaceX and its founder Elon Musk, it was a day 15 years in the…
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Space industry stalwart Arianespace believes it will continue to compete in the global launch services…
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SpaceX’s next mission is moving into the business end of its pre-launch flow with the…
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SpaceX’s Lars Hoffman stated his company’s continued advancements with its reusability goals are not only…
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The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully launched a Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator mission.…
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The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9, that successfully helped launch the CRS-8 Dragon…
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The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has issued a “Justification for Other Than Full and…
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NASA managers have placed a “stop work order” in relation to the human-rating of the…
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Blue Origin achieved another milestone on Friday, successfully flying – and landing – the New…
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The goal of reusing rocket stages – a major enabler for the reduction of costs…
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What was once thought to be a pipe dream of having a reusable system of…