23 October 2017
Space race ramps up between Blue Origin and SpaceX
... for potential use as an upper stage on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles. The Raptor prototype is powered by... the thrust of the Merlin 1D engine that powers the current Falcon 9. It is also earmarked to power the spaceship that Elon...
30 September 2019
Elon Musk unveils SpaceX's massive new Starship
... a sci-fi novel. And, when parked next to a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket, the first vehicle the company put into orbit, the ... as a problem as the company’s resources are overwhelmingly on Falcon and Dragon, especially crew Dragon, said the CEO when asked...
July 2014
Space 1.0 to Space 3.0: from Gagarin to market growth
... companies will have to be sustained by the state as they supply the military sector. New hope: Space 3.0 A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches in January 2014, carrying the Thaicom 6 television satellite. New entrants such as SpaceX have massively reduced...
September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
...at the SpaceX launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, before the Falcon F9 launch in July. Gordon is one of the most generous...launched as part of the cargo headed for the ISS on a SpaceX Falcon F9 rocket in July. I was able to travel to Kennedy Space Center...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... The success of SpaceX in the vertical landing of its Falcon 9 rocket represented a dramatic achievement in the cost-cutting ... of all state business in the Pacific. Closeup view of Falcon F9 first stage landing on specially converted barge at sea. ...
February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
... was contracted by Spaceflight Industries to provide deployable sails to de-orbit two small satellite deployers during the SSO-A Falcon 9 mission. The move by Spaceflight Industries was to ensure that the satellites would burn up in the atmosphere...
