Rocket launches and satellite reentries are depositing metals and soot directly into Earth’s stratosphere, and a growing body of peer-reviewed research warns that these pollutants are altering the ...

Rocket Lab pulled off one of the wildest recovery attempts in modern spaceflight — catching a falling rocket booster with a helicopter. It wasn’t perfect, but it proved something huge: reusable ...

China's commercial aerospace company iSpace announced on Thursday that its self-developed SQX-3 carrier rocket is scheduled to conduct its maiden launch in 2026, the Global Times learned from the ...

Jiang Jie, a senior researcher at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, a CASC subsidiary in Beijing and the country's major rocket maker, said that reusable launch vehicles represent the ...

BEIJING, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Chinese rocket developer LandSpace plans to successfully recover a reusable booster in mid-2026, a company executive said in an interview, underscoring the Beijing-based ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Zhuque-3 rocket by China’s private rocket firm LandSpace, takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, ...

New Zealand-born launch provider Rocket Lab took a step toward making its launch vehicles reusable today with the safe splashdown and recovery of an Electron booster after it successfully took its ...

HELSINKI — Chinese launch firm iSpace has secured a record D++ funding round to accelerate its reusable rocket development efforts and expand its industrial footprint. A press statement outlines a ...