October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... Moon for water, minerals and precious metals. Falcon Heavy Anyone who watched the livestream will have experienced...have parted company for good”. Dangers of meaningless narrative The Falcon Heavy launch is an example of the increasingly popular, yet ...
28 February 2017
The future is here: Elon Musk announces commercial flights to the Moon
... 17 lunar landing mission. According to Musk, the Moonshot mission would launch on a Dragon 2 crew spacecraft using a SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission is expected to launch about six months after...
03 June 2016
Elon Musk: Mars mission architecture to be unveiled in September
... this,” he said. In fact, at least one company, ViaSat, decided to purchase a launch on an Ariane 5 because of Falcon Heavy delays, reserving its Falcon Heavy contract for a later mission. According to Musk, SpaceX plans to keep up its high launch...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... or 2020. Blue Origin itself is already receiving orders for its New Glenn rocket which, like SpaceX’s Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy line, is partially reusable. Meanwhile, as NASA races to complete its SLS Block 1, SpaceX is designing an even larger rocket...
14 August 2016
Sixth successful landing for Space X rocket
... sometime this September/October. It is a busy time for SpaceX as it is also hoping for lift off of Falcon Heavy later this year. Falcon Heavy is designed to lift into orbit the mass equivalent of a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage...
April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
... in enabling space commerce. In February 2018, SpaceX landed two of the three first-stage boosters from its Falcon Heavy rocket’s inaugural launch. As of February 2020, SpaceX had successfully landed 49 first-stage boosters, including landings on its...
