05 February 2018
Launch fever grips Florida as SpaceX prepares for game-changer mission
... the roadside are adorned with posters advertising the ‘SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch next Tuesday at 1:30 pm’....heavier and more complex cargo to space. Once operational, SpaceX could start launching big national security satellites, large orbital...
27 April 2020
SpaceX's first full-scale Starship passes key test
... house 43 Raptor engines between them, making it the world's most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, say SpaceX. Its purpose is to serve as a large, long-duration spacecraft capable of carrying passengers or cargo to Earth orbit and between...
20 January 2021
SpaceX buys two oil rigs to use as floating Starship launchpads
... of Bret Johnsen; the CFO and President of the Strategic Acquisitions Group at SpaceX. Constructing a floating launch pad at sea is seen as a strategic move by SpaceX to facilitate frequent launches of its super heavy lift launch vehicle, Starship...
19 April 2021
NASA picks SpaceX Human Lunar Lander for its Artemis programme
...part of the Artemis programme, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that...this time to explore new areas for longer periods of time.” SpaceX’s HLS Starship, designed to land on the Moon, leans ...
07 November 2016
Solid oxygen to blame for SpaceX explosion
... no further details have been issued by the company and SpaceX has declined to give further clarification about what Musk said ... CNBC. Nonetheless, now that the problem is known Musk expects SpaceX to return to flight before the year is out by and ...
29 March 2017
SpaceX set to reuse rocket for the first time on Friday
... been put back to a two hour window on Friday 31st March starting around 5.39pm EDT. The vision of SpaceX founder Elon Musk is to reuse rockets just like airplanes. At present although the cost of a new airliner is about...
