Sentences with phrase «reusable rocket booster»

For example, a space rocket designer might want to consider the risk of a one - time failure in a specific reusable rocket booster seal, which was the cause of the Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986.

That spacecraft, like the new orbital launch vehicle, will feature a reusable rocket booster capable of vertical landings — a technology that space industry leaders have said can dramatically reduce the cost of commercial spaceflight.

For example, a space rocket designer might want to consider the risk of a one - time failure in a specific reusable rocket booster seal, which was the cause of the Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986.

Not exact matches

If Tuesday's attempt is a success, and all three of its reusable boosters land themselves — a huge cost - saving shift in an industry that's used to discarding rockets after one launch — Musk said it could be «game over» for other heavy - lift systems.

The company, founded in 2002, has already had six missions in 2018, notably its February demonstration test flight of the Falcon Heavy, a powerful new rocket with three reusable side boosters designed to carry heavier payloads.

The blast occurred in one of two bays the company uses to test Merlin rocket engines — nine of which line the bottom of every reusable Falcon 9 booster.

With two partially successful landing attempts of its Falcon 9 booster, the private company inches closer to its goal of making a fully reusable rocket

SpaceX has landed Falcon 9 rockets 21 times on land or its robotic drone ships, and has reflown boosters six times, as part of the company's reusable - rocket program.

SpaceX has also been testing a reusable booster for its current Falcon 9 rocket, and has made several unsuccessful attempts to land the booster stage on a drone ship this year.

In a dramatic feat of engineering prowess, the private spaceflight company SpaceX successfully landed a reusable Falcon 9 rocket booster yesterday — the second such landing for the company, and the first successful touchdown on a ship.

Supersonic retropropulsion is the same approach used by SpaceX in to land its reusable Falcon 9 rocket boosters.

With 16 successful rocket landings under its belt, along with two reused rockets and one reused Dragon spacecraft, Musk's rocket company has made giant leaps in reusable booster technology for sure.

There were many things that could've gone wrong with the launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket in current operation and the first to use three reusable boosters.