Enlarge / Tremendous Heavy ascends on a pillar of flame. (credit score: SpaceX)
Welcome to Version 5.34 of the Rocket Report! Wow, what a half 12 months it has been for launch. Within the final six months, we’ve seen the 2 strongest rockets ever take flight, the Area Launch System and Starship. What a time for the trade and fanatics—the long run seems to be so vibrant!
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Rocket Lab will reuse a primary stage engine. Rocket Lab mentioned Wednesday it plans to refly a Rutherford rocket engine for the primary time within the third quarter of this 12 months. The 3D-printed engine, beforehand flown on the ‘There and Again Once more’ mission launched in Could 2022, has undergone intensive qualification and acceptance testing to certify it for re-flight. This consists of a number of full mission-duration scorching fires the place the pre-flown engine carried out as if it had been a newly constructed one.
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