Watch how Stoke Space Hopper 2 prototype conducts a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) in Moses Lake, Washington.

The Hopper 2, on the left, and the object on the right is a prototype payload fairing, on display on the factory floor at Stoke Space in Kent, on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.

Kent-based Stoke Space Technologies is working on a ring-shaped cluster of engines designed to make the second stage of a rocket reusable. Stoke has been testing its engine cluster in Moses Lake.

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Credit: Stoke Space If Stoke can manage to land the upper stage, it can move ahead with the first stage and start to turn the yet-unnamed rocket into an orbital vehicle. It sounds easy, but it's not.

Stoke successfully conducted a vertical-takeoff-and-landing test flight of its reusable second stage last September. Since then, the company has been focusing on first-stage development. For the ...

Stoke Space said that it is on target to launch its first orbital test flight in 2025, part of a broader goal of developing a fully reusable launch system that operates with “aircraft-like ...

On Tuesday, Stoke Space announced the firing of its first stage rocket engine for the first time earlier this month, briefly igniting it for about two seconds. The company declared the June 5 test ...

The U.S. Space Force has added Rocket Lab USA and Stoke Space to the National Security Space Launch, or NSSL, Phase 3 Lane 1 contract as part of the first on-ramp process for the launch services ...

KENT, Wash., January 15, 2025--Stoke is announcing $260 million in new investment, bringing the company’s total funding to $480 million.

Stoke Space is nothing if not ambitious. The five-year-old launch startup has generated a lot of hype due to its bold plans to develop the first fully reusable rocket, with both the booster and ...