Firefly is building fast and breaking things on path to a reusable rocket
Out on the prairie —
"For our base design, we're designing around return to launch site propulsive landing."
Enlarge / A test version of Firefly's Miranda engine fires up on a test stand in Briggs, Texas.Firefly Aerospace
BRIGGS, Texas—The new medium-lift rocket under development by Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman will eventually incorporate a recoverable booster that will return to its launch site in Virginia for reuse.
Firefly has previously suggested rocket reuse is on the roadmap f...
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