Latest Landings Continue March Toward Reusable Space Launchers

Credit: New Shepard descends to a test landing from suborbital space: Blue Origin
Blue Origin has found its design for a one-chute-out landing of its New Shepard capsule worked as planned, and SpaceX is negotiating for a customer to ride a used Falcon 9 launch vehicle to orbit, as the two companies’ efforts to lower the cost of launch by reusing spacecraft gain steam. Jeff Bezos...

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