Stoke Space is developing a fully reusable two-stage rocket it calls Nova. Credit: Stoke Space Technologies WASHINGTON — Stoke Space has test-fired a highly efficient engine it is developing for the ...

Rocket Lab has big aspirations when it comes to reusable launch vehicles, and back in May ticked off a huge achievement, successfully catching its Electron booster as it fell from space. The company ...

SpaceX is a big step closer to sending its giant Starship spacecraft into orbit, completing an engine-firing test at the launch pad on Thursday. Thirty-one of the 33 first-stage booster engines ...

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