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The landing legs stuck up in the air and the melted body of the rocket hung off the side of the drone ship — making the first-stage booster nearly unrecognizable to casual observers. The only ...

Closest approach will take the spacecraft just 160 miles above the surface of Mercury ... a craft to its landing spot. Blue Ghost shared a ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Japanese ...

Rocket Lab has acquired the barge, and construction will continue throughout 2025. The company expects ‘Return On Investment’ to be operational by 2026, enabling Neutron’s high-performance ...