Space launch vehicles are designed to transport payloads such as satellites, spacecraft, and cargo into low-Earth orbit and beyond. These vehicles rely on propulsion systems that generate immense ...

Structures that are too large to fit within the shroud of a launch vehicle can be robotically assembled in space, leading to less complex and cost-effective structures like large communications ...

The Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA ... Ultimate load is 140 percent of the maximum flight loads that the vehicle structure is required to support in order to meet the 1.4 factor of safety ...

New Shepard is a launch vehicle designed to be fully reusable, with a capsule that returns to Earth via three parachutes. The rocket itself is powered by one BE-3PM engine, which propels it to ...