In its most extreme incarnation, the Nova rocket would have been able to lift 75 tons. Even so, the design would still have been too complicated for the capabilities of the American industry back ...

That's because, says Stoke, the design of the engines and the rocket they're meant to power allows for easy access. The two stages of the Nova rocket will be connected by means of a new interface ...

A few weeks ago, Stoke successfully tested the Nova rocket's main engine ... Similarly, the second stage engine has gone through a design upgrade to get it ready for flight.

The company intends for the two-stage Nova rocket to be fully reusable, with both stages returning to Earth. To achieve a vertical landing, the second stage has a novel design. This oxygen ...

Meanwhile, Stoke Space will use its medium-lift, 100-percent reusable Nova rocket, which the company said in a press release will allow “dynamic space operations that include capture ...

It’s developing the fully and rapidly reusable Nova rocket and other space vehicles designed to operate with aircraft-like frequency. Stoke’s technology development has been funded by the ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket and Stoke Space’s Nova rocket. (Blue Origin / Stoke Space Illustrations) The U.S. Space Force has added Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and Stoke Space ...

with Rocket Lab readying its Neutron rocket and Stoke Space’s Nova rocket. When the Space Force launched the competition in 2023, officials knew it wouldn’t bring in new entrants immediately ...