Blue Origin graphic showing New Glenn with a 7-meter payload fairing. Credit: Blue Origin. The third New Shepard has modifications for improved reusability, he said, such as access panels that ...

Swiss manufacturer Ruag Space will build composite payload fairings for United Launch Alliance ... as well as a much lower cost and more affordable access to space,” said Tory Bruno, president ...

But SpaceX may also go for another "first"—by recovering the payload fairing of its rocket. In a Facebook post today, Steve Jurveston, a venture capitalist and SpaceX investor, wrote from ...

Once the rocket is in space, the nose cone, or payload fairing, splits in half and the pieces fall back to Earth. Typically this hardware isn’t recovered, but SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been eager ...

And that could provide some savings for SpaceX. This hardware, also known as a payload fairing, costs about $6 million to make for each flight, according to the company. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has ...

The new Long March 3-A payload fairing with a diameter of 4.2 meters was designed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)'s China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology and ...

The video features some delightful lounge music. SpaceX just plucked another payload fairing out of the sky, and you can see video of the dramatic cosmic catch. The net-equipped SpaceX boat GO Ms ...