Japanese Reusable Space Launch Testbed To Fly In Fiscal ’18

ADELAIDE, Australia—Japan will fly a testbed reusable sounding rocket in the fiscal year beginning in April 2018, aiming to demonstrate vertical landings and 24-hr. turnarounds—capabilities that could later be applied to the first stage of a space launcher. The testbed, RV-X, will use an engine of...

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