Rocket Report: China Tests Falcon 9 Lookalike; NASA's Moon Rocket Fully Stacked
A South Korean rocket startup will soon make its first attempt to reach low-Earth orbit. Welcome to Edition 8.16 of the Rocket Report!
The 10th anniversary of SpaceX's first Falcon 9 rocket landing is coming up at the end of this year. We're still waiting for a second company to bring back an orbital-class booster from space for a propulsive landing.
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin
- China's LandSpace
could join SpaceX's exclusive club as soon as next month.
Bezos might claim he's already part of the club, but there's a distinction to be made.
Each company is in the final stages of launch preparations—Blue Origin for its second New Glenn rocket, and LandSpace for the debut flight of its Zhuque-3 rocket.
Blue Origin and LandSpace will both attempt to land their first stage boosters downrange from their launch sites.
Author's summary: Rocket companies prepare for new launches and landings.
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