Stoke Space and NASA partner to scale reusable launch and re-entry.
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Stoke Space and NASA partner to scale reusable launch and re-entry. Stoke Space is excited to announce that NASA has selected Stoke Space for a new partnership to advance upper stage re-entry capabilities of Nova, its fully reusable launch vehicle. The partnership comes via NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate under an Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity designed to advance U.S. space technology innovation and scale a competitive space economy. Nova is Stoke's fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift rocket, designed to provide responsive transportation to, through, and from space. Unlike industry-standard expendable upper stages, its upper stage is designed to return from orbit and be rapidly reused - unlocking new futures for orbital research and innovation. Stoke and NASA will collaborate on entry, descent, and landing (EDL) technologies for reusable second stage architecture. Stoke Space'll leverage NASA Ames's hypervelocity free-flight test capabilities, along with the agency's world-class aerodynamics and guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) expertise to further mature how Nova vehicles will re-enter Earth's atmosphere. This capability is just as significant for the future of in-space innovation as it is for its rockets. Emerging markets, like microgravity manufacturing, require reliable downmass earthside just as much as affordable launch upmass...
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