Varda Space Industries, the leader in orbital pharmaceutical processing and hypersonic reentry systems, today announced the successful reentry of its W-5 capsule. This milestone marks the first time ...

A European reentry capsule notched some important milestones on its first-ever spaceflight last week — and took some photos to commemorate the trip. Phoenix 1, a prototype spacecraft built by German ...

The recoverable spacecraft reentered off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean instead of the Indian Ocean, and therefore could not be recovered. Reading time 2 minutes A German startup was aiming ...

While the United States has long been a leader in space exploration and commercial launches, Europe is now making significant strides of its own. Recently, a major milestone was achieved when Atmos ...

April 21 (UPI) --SpaceX launched its Bandwagon-3 mission into orbit Monday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with more satellites on board and a re-entry capsule that will ...

The Exploration Co.’s Nyx capsule was lost after reentry, the company announced June 24. Its second attempt, dubbed Mission Possible, to demonstrate the Nyx reentry capsule was a “partial success ...

Rocket Lab previously manufactured Varda's first three capsules. Credit: Varda Space Varda Space plans to bring development of the spacecraft bus portion of its reentry system in-house. The company's ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is the Discoverer XIII reentry ...