23 January 2019
Construction of Russian super-heavy rocket gets approval
...Russia are planning to build a super-heavy rocket that could one day fly missions ... a low Earth orbit (LEO). Khrunichev will supply the third stage of the super-heavy rocket as part of this project, while Soyuz-5 elements will be used as the first ...
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...
28 August 2019
SpaceX's Skyhopper impresses with its highest test flight
...If everything goes well with the test campaign, Starship and Super Heavy could be ready to fly as early as 2021 SpaceX representatives have... have said that in the meantime, Starship and Super Heavy will take over all of the company's usual spaceflight...
30 September 2019
Elon Musk unveils SpaceX's massive new Starship
... manoeuvre that SpaceX currently uses to land its existing operational rockets. This entails the ship flying to a high altitude and... substantially for the new version of Starship and its Super Heavy booster, which could have as many 37 Raptors. Each ...
07 February 2018
Musk sets pace in the race to Mars
... out into the solar system. It’s difficult to overstate what SpaceX has accomplished. The successful introduction of a new heavy rocket to the world, the most powerful in operation and second only to the Apollo era, all through a private...
05 February 2018
Launch fever grips Florida as SpaceX prepares for game-changer mission
... here the US?’ you reply: “I'm here for the upcoming Falcon Heavy rocket launch.” And he says, “Oh that's what everybody tells us today...are adorned with posters advertising the ‘SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch next Tuesday at 1:30 pm’. Local TV news...
