On Monday, May 6, American aerospace giant Boeing will enter a new era as its Starliner spacecraft will lift off from a pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, taking to the ISS, for ...

A model of the reusable upper stage of a Long March 9 rocket on display at the 2024 Zhuhai Airshow. Credit: CCTV/framegrab HELSINKI — China’s main space contractor has unveiled a fully reusable rocket ...

TL;DR: China's new Long March 9 rocket design closely resembles SpaceX's Starship, featuring the same two-stage, fully reusable configuration and aerodynamic flaps. This is part of a pattern, as other ...

SINGAPORE—Japanese shipping giant NYK Line is exploring the concept of ship-based rocket launch services to meet the growing demands of the space industry. The company established its Advanced ...

Generally speaking the rockets in use today in space exploration are not airbreathers. They are built in such a way that they generally carry both the fuel and the oxidizer they need to work, and that ...