On May 29, the Yuanxingzhe-1 suborbital rocket took off from a platform in the Yellow Sea, carrying with it not just the hopes of its maker—a Chinese commercial launch firm called Space Epoch—but also ...
In what seemed to be a development that came from nowhere, there's a new entrant into the reusable launch systems competition—Honda. The giant Japanese industrial conglomerate recently launched a ...
The Chinese company LandSpace continues to develop the Zhuque-3 (ZQ-3), a two-stage reusable launch vehicle inspired by SpaceX's Starship and Super Heavy. They achieved their first milestone in ...
China appears to be developing 7-meter-diameter reusable rockets A state-funded tender for tank tooling, a delivered ...
China has just attempted to land a reusable rocket for the second time in three weeks, underscoring how aggressively Beijing is trying to close the gap with the United States in next generation launch ...
No one could accuse the European Space Agency and its various contractors of moving swiftly when it comes to the development of reusable rockets. However, it appears that Europe is finally making some ...
The European Space Agency signed a contract Monday with Avio, the Italian company behind the small Vega rocket, to begin designing a reusable upper stage capable of flying into orbit, returning to ...
The head of the European Space Association (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, has warned that Europe needs to quickly develop its own reusable launch vehicle in order to catch up with the efforts of American ...
India’s space revolution just hit a new frontier — and this time, every bolt, every byte, and every breakthrough belongs entirely to an Indian team. That team is Abyom SpaceTech & Defence and their ...
RV-X is a small experimental demonstrator for the vertical-takeoff-and-vertical-landing reusable first stage of a future launch vehicle. Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency First flight of a ...