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An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is a modified ocean-going barge equipped with propulsion systems to maintain precise position and a large landing platform. SpaceX developed these vessels to recover the first stage (also called the booster) of its launch vehicles. By recovering and reusing these boosters, SpaceX has significantly ...
Spaceport America, formerly the Southwest Regional Spaceport, is an FAA-licensed spaceport located on 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) of State Trust Land in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin 45 miles (72 km) north of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Truth or Consequences. [1]
Jun. 8—SPACEPORT AMERICA — Slipping through the cracks in a throng of hundreds of people, a little boy in a white shirt leaned over a crowd-control barrier, straining to see a rocket ship that ...
Virgin Galactic laying off workers, pausing flights as it prepares for new Delta spacehips' launch in 2026 at New Mexico's Spaceport America Virgin Galactic aims to launch new, $50M spaceships at ...
Aug. 5—The new executive director of Spaceport America said the facility is primed to become a major economic development source for the state, and not just because billionaire Richard Branson ...
An autonomous spaceport drone ship or ASDS, a self-propelled sea-going barge used by SpaceX as a sea-borne rocket landing platform An unmanned surface vehicle , any unpiloted boat An unmanned underwater vehicle , any unpiloted sub
Sep. 13—Virgin Galactic officials doubled down on their commitment to Spaceport America, telling a legislative committee on Friday that it plans to build a new $30 million hangar that would ...
ASDS may refer to: Autonomous spaceport drone ship, a mobile rocket landing platform; Advanced SEAL Delivery System, a former U.S. submarine