Simulation of a rocket in reverse flight The Spacecraft Department in Göttingen is conducting research into the aerodynamics of reusable launch vehicles. This image shows the thermal load on a ...

Pushpak' autonomously approached the runway along with cross-range corrections ISRO RLV-LEX-02 demonstrated the autonomous landing capability of reusable launch vehicle (RLV) from off-nominal ...

Relativity Space has announced significant progress with its Terran R reusable launch vehicle. In a newly released video, the company says it is set to have the vehicle’s primary structure completed ...

For years, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has researched various concepts aimed at making rockets reusable ... as much payload mass into space as possible ...

RLV-LEX-02 demonstrated the autonomous landing capability of reusable launch vehicle (RLV) from off-nominal initial conditions at release from helicopter. The winged vehicle, called Pushpak ...

The 403.5-foot-tall (123 meters) fully reusable vehicle ... hour after launch. That didn't happen, however; the upper stage broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean about 8.5 minutes into flight ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing for the second landing test of its Reusable Launch Vehicle, now dubbed Pushpak, as part of efforts to develop crucial technologies for ...