SpaceX's redesigned grid fins are 50% larger with three instead of four fins, improving Super Heavy booster landing precision ...

Like birds returning to their nests, these feather-like grid fins help steer rockets back down through the atmosphere toward their landing zones.

A new-and-improved Starship megarocket is due to soar halfway across the world in a matter of days in SpaceX's first test of ...

The U.S Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has closed its investigation into SpaceX's Starship mission failure this spring ...

SpaceX has unveiled a radical redesign of its Starship rocket after several failed flight attempts of the Mars-bound rocket.

After all, these hypersonic grid fins make the Falcon 9-R look nothing like the almost iconic rebel ship. They do, however, still play a pivotal role, no pun intended.

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) tested grid fins on a Long March 2C in July. CALT is developing its own retropropulsive landing capabilities for use on the planned Long March 8.

The launch of a Long March 2C from Xichang last week included a first use of grid fins by China to minimize the threat posed by the spent first stage to populated areas downrange.

Grid fins are aerodynamic control surfaces that are folded during the launch but deployed in flight. In the more sophisticated applications such as the Falcon 9, the fins manipulate the direction ...

Grid fins have been in use for several decades. Their distinctive shape and lattice interior have given them the nicknames of 'potato mashers' and 'waffle irons.' This grid fin flew on the Falcon 9 ...

The grid fin was handed over to ISRO at the Aero India event in Bengaluru. In the Gaganyaan mission, grid fins will be used in the crew module which will sit on top of the rocket. "In case there ...