Legs are attached to rockets to enable vertical landing and booster reusability

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Current aerospace research and development confirm that landing systems and retro-propulsion technologies are integrated into rockets to achieve vertical landing and booster reusability.

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The claim is specific, empirical, and testable. The retrieved literature includes peer-reviewed engineering papers explicitly focusing on vertical landing technologies and landing guidance for reusable launch vehicles (e.g., RETALT and reusable launch vehicle control algorithms), directly supporting the statement.

Evidence for · 2

RETALT: review of technologies and overview of design changes.

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Marwege A, Gülhan A, Klevanski J, Hantz C, Karl S, Laureti M, De Zaiacomo G, Vos J, Jevons M, Thies C, Krammer A, Lichtenberger M, Carvalho J, Paixão S. RETALT: review of technologies and overview of design changes.. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12567-022-00458-9

Paper [5] discusses launcher configurations utilizing retro propulsion and structural design for vertical landing.

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Enhancing the landing guidance of a reusable launch vehicle by improving genetic algorithm-based deep reinforcement learning using Hybrid Deterministic-Stochastic algorithm.

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Nugroho L, Andiarti R, Akmeliawati R, Wijaya SK. Enhancing the landing guidance of a reusable launch vehicle by improving genetic algorithm-based deep reinforcement learning using Hybrid Deterministic-Stochastic algorithm.. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292539

Paper [9] addresses landing guidance and control systems specifically designed for reusable launch vehicles.

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first checked01 Aug 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 7701 Aug 2026

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