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SpaceX founder Elon Musk has famously described it as the “holy grail” of rocketry. He is, of course, referring to the reusability of spacecraft, including the booster rocket that is responsible for carrying passengers and payloads to space. As the overwhelming...

In the aftermath of the space shuttle program coming to an end without a viable replacement launch platform in place, NASA and its space program were in a bind. But following a period of uncertainty, the space industry has been revitalized thanks largely to the...

On July 21, 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis landed back on earth after a mission to the International Space Station (ISS), bringing the venerable NASA program to an end after 30 years. But years prior, the space agency set into motion a pivotal project in pursuit of the...

Despite having successfully accomplished multiple crewed suborbital flights with its reusable New Shepard rocket, Blue Origin launches occur with seemingly less fanfare than those of its peers in the newly privatized space industry, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic. Much of...

With private companies entering space, you may have seen all of the recent news headlines talking about a concept called suborbital spaceflight. Since this topic has only recently entered the popular discussion, it is normal if you are wondering what this term means...

Space travel is one of the things that fascinated me as a child. Living on Mars, or even just to travel to the dark sky above, is a passion that most people can agree to share. Space X is no different and wants like-minded individuals to share in its journey for a...