This booster was the first to use a recycled engine — one from October’s successful catch. The 400-foot (123-meter) rocket thundered away in late afternoon from Boca Chica Beach near the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.--SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit Friday using a recycled rocket and capsule, the third crew flight in less than a year for Elon Musk’s rapidly expanding company.

The seven-engine, 320-foot New Glenn rocket — named for late astronaut ... on a floating barge in the Atlantic so it could be recycled — but that didn’t work out. That was OK with Bezos ...

Researching re-entry and landing technologies for Europe’s next-gen 'recycled rockets' In contrast to a propulsion-free horizontal return flight, the 'fly-back' method equips the winged rocket stage ...