MaiaSpace: Europe steps up in the race for reusable rockets

French start-up Maiaspace is working to develop Europe’s first reusable mini-launcher. This new generation of rockets ...
SpaceNews

China’s Astronstone raises $29 million for reusable rocket with chopstick-style recovery

China’s Astronstone raises $29 million for reusable rocket with chopstick-style recovery Astronstone, one of China’s younger ...
Reuters

Reusable rockets: who has achieved what so far?

BEIJING, Dec 3 (Reuters) - China's Zhuque-3 reusable rocket, developed by private firm LandSpace, failed to make a successful landing on Wednesday, but its debut launch has thrust the global race for ...
Ars Technica

Reusable rockets are here, so why is NASA paying more to launch stuff to space?

In an era of reusable rockets and near-daily access to space, NASA is still paying more than it did 30 years ago to launch missions into orbit, according to a study soon to be published in the ...
Ars Technica

This Chinese company could become the country’s first to land a reusable rocket

There’s a race in China among several companies vying to become the next to launch and land an orbital-class rocket, and the starting gun could go off as soon as tonight. LandSpace, one of several ...
SpaceNews

Landspace completes 10-kilometer reusable rocket test, eyes 2025 orbital launch

The Zhuque-3 VTVL-1 test article making its powered descent and landing at Jiuquan, Sept. 11, 2024. Credit: Landspace HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Landspace conducted a 10-kilometer vertical ...
Scientific American

China’s First Reusable Rocket Fails, but the Race Is Just Beginning

A full decade after SpaceX pioneered reusable rocketry with the first-ever successful landing of its Falcon 9 booster, the rest of the world is finally catching up. These few successes aren’t based on ...