Topic: flight testing
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SpaceX's Starship Faces Same Critical Flaw That Doomed NASA Shuttles
SpaceX aims to catch returning spacecraft mid-air using mechanical arms to enable rapid reusability, a technique demonstrated with the Super Heavy booster. The primary challenge is perfecting Starship's heat shield to prevent tile loss and damage, requiring extensive testing and design improvemen...
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The Odds of Recovering New Glenn's Second Launch
Blue Origin has moved the New Glenn rocket's first stage to the launch pad in Florida for its second mission, which will carry the ESCAPADE spacecraft to study solar wind around Mars, with a potential launch window in early November pending successful pre-launch tests. The booster, named "Never T...
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