AFRL's Starfall capsule completed an orbital cargo recovery test, proving supplies can survive launch and reentry, but battlefield delivery remains years away.
Varda Space has successfully landed a reentry capsule in Australia, delivering critical data that could advance in-space manufacturing and hypersonic technologies. W-2 contained a spectrometer from ...
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Air Force recovers Starfall test cargo from 2,200-pound reentry capsule
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has recovered military-supply test pods that traveled through launch and atmospheric reentry inside a Starfall capsule capable of carrying as much as 2,200 ...
Varda’s W-3 capsule landed successfully May 13 at the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia. (Varda Space Industries) Varda Space Industries, a California-based, in-orbit manufacturing company, ...
The Exploration Co.’s Nyx capsule was lost after reentry, the company announced June 24. Its second attempt, dubbed Mission Possible, to demonstrate the Nyx reentry capsule was a “partial success ...
A NASA team specializing in collecting imagery-based engineering datasets from spacecraft during launch and reentry is supporting a European aerospace company's upcoming mission to return a subscale ...
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US Air Force tests SpaceX capsule for rocket-powered global cargo delivery
The US Air Force is exploring whether rockets could deliver military cargo anywhere on ...
A European reentry capsule notched some important milestones on its first-ever spaceflight last week — and took some photos to commemorate the trip. Phoenix 1, a prototype spacecraft built by German ...
While the United States has long been a leader in space exploration and commercial launches, Europe is now making significant strides of its own. Recently, a major milestone was achieved when Atmos ...
Inversion Space has become the third company to receive a spacecraft reentry license from the Federal Aviation Administration, paving the way for the startup to launch and return its tech pathfinder ...
The recoverable spacecraft reentered off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean instead of the Indian Ocean, and therefore could not be recovered. Reading time 2 minutes A German startup was aiming ...
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Air Force tests cargo pods on SpaceX’s Starfall capsule for point-to-point delivery
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) tested point-to-point cargo delivery aboard SpaceX’s Starfall capsule, ...
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