29 April 2016
SpaceX Announces Plans for Mars Mission.
... 2011, a report prepared by the NASA/SpaceX team on an initial Red Dragon study concluded that “Dragon launched on Falcon Heavy would be a cost effective option for future missions”. It concluded that Dragon would be able to handle all aspects...
04 November 2016
China launches new heavy-lift rocket
... debut. Credit: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation The heavy rocket is comparable to United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy launcher, although SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, scheduled for flight early 2017, is expected to be larger than both...
18 September 2018
First Moon tourist for SpaceX unveiled as Japanese billionaire
... the Moon onboard SpaceX's latest incarnation – the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) – the company's new and improved launch...a diameter of 9 metres. For comparison SpaceX’s workhorse the Falcon heavy measures 70 metres tall. The SpaceX founder did tweet an ...
20 December 2021
China envisions crewed moon missions by 2030
... place in 2030. Or, it could be a triple-core rocket that would have a similar appearance to SpaceX's Falcon Heavy and United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy. This as-yet-unnamed rocket will be 87 metres (285 feet) long, with a three-stage central...
23 October 2017
Space race ramps up between Blue Origin and SpaceX
..., development has begun on a prototype upper-stage engine designed for potential use as an upper stage on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles. The Raptor prototype is powered by densified liquid methane and liquid oxygen, and it will have...
13 May 2020
Debris from China's rocket may have hit African villages
... York City, report those monitoring its progress. China’s heavy lift launch system, the Long March 5B, is currently ... vehicles currently in operation, such as ULA’s Delta IV Heavy and SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, the Long March 5B only uses one stage to get...
