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

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SpaceX has the first grid fin for the next generation Super Heavy booster. The redesigned grid fins are 50% larger and higher strength, moving from four fins ...

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has redesigned some parts of its colossal Mars-bound Starship to improve its stability and control.

Grid fins are usually employed during the landing phase of a rocket, especially when the rocket is intended to land vertically. They have a distinctive lattice-like structure, resembling a grid ...

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 ...

This grid fin flew on the Falcon 9 that launched South Korean communications satellite Koreasat-5A on October 30, 2017. After launch, the first stage landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The ...

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.