Reusable launch vehicle - Wikipedia
The Falcon 9 rocket is the first orbital rocket to vertically land its first stage on the ground. The first stage of Starship is planned to land vertically, while the second is to be caught by arms after performing most of the typical steps of a retrograde landing.
SpaceX reusable launch system development program - Wikipedia
As of 2023, SpaceX is developing the Starship system to be a fully-reusable two-stage launch vehicle, intended to replace all of its other launch vehicles and spacecraft for satellite delivery and human transport—Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and Dragon—and eventually support flights to the Moon and Mars.
Falcon 9 - Wikipedia
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle [a] designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. The first Falcon 9 launch was on 4 June 2010, and the first commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 8 October 2012. [14]
A Brief History of SpaceX's Reusable Rocket Launches
Jan 20, 2016 · A Falcon 9 rocket launches on April 14, 2015, on the sixth SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station. The first stage of the rocket landed "too hard for survival."
Falcon 9 - SpaceX
Falcon 9 is a reusable, two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of people and payloads into Earth orbit and beyond. Falcon 9 is the world’s first orbital class reusable rocket.
First Reusable Rocket Launched and Landed Safely Back on Earth
Nov 25, 2015 · With that smooth maneuver, the space-exploration company Blue Origin made history as the first to safely land a vertical rocket, reports Jason Koebler for Motherboard. The next step is to prove...
SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster in dramatic landing …
Oct 13, 2024 · SpaceX launched its fifth test flight of its Starship rocket on Sunday and made a dramatic first catch of the rocket’s more than 20-story tall booster. The achievement marks a major milestone...
SpaceX launches first astronauts on a reused rocket - National …
Apr 23, 2021 · With a sooty first stage booster and reused Crew Dragon spacecraft, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands ready on the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of the Crew-2 launch.
NASA's space shuttle: The first reusable spacecraft
Dec 11, 2017 · NASA's space shuttle was the world's first reusable spacecraft. It launched like a rocket and returned to Earth like a glider, landing like an airplane on a long concrete runway. It was...
Starship - SpaceX
Super Heavy is the first stage, or booster, of the Starship launch system. Powered by 33 Raptor engines using sub-cooled liquid methane (CH 4) and liquid oxygen (LOX), Super Heavy is fully reusable and will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere to land back at the launch site.
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