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fromArs Technica
5 days agoThis Chinese company could become the country's first to land a reusable rocket
Airspace warning notices advising pilots to steer clear of the rocket's flight path suggest LandSpace has a launch window of about two hours. When it lifts off, the Zhuque-3 (Vermillion Bird-3) rocket will become the largest commercial launch vehicle ever flown in China. What's more, LandSpace will become the first Chinese launch provider to attempt a landing of its first stage booster, using the same tried-and-true return method pioneered by SpaceX and, more recently, Blue Origin in the United States.
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fromTechCrunch
1 week agoVarda says it has proven space manufacturing works -- now it wants to make it boring | TechCrunch
Space-manufactured pharmaceuticals and routine human orbital travel will become economically viable within two decades due to reusable launch and specialized small reentry capsules.
fromArs Technica
2 months agoAfter a very slow start, Europe's reusable rocket program shows signs of life
This week, the France-based ArianeGroup aerospace company announced that it had completed the integration of the Themis vehicle, a prototype rocket that will test various landing technologies, on a launch pad in Sweden. Low-altitude hop tests, a precursor for developing a rocket's first stage that can vertically land after an orbital launch, could start late this year or early next.
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