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...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
...of China published a brief status report. Elements of the new heavy-lift Long March 10 rocket are in production and being tested. ...’s Starship, and only a little more than the Falcon Heavy’s 63.8 tonnes. Long March 10 can deliver 27 tonnes to trans-lunar...
April 2025
Lego’s tribute to NASA’s SLS and Artemis
... only a few times per year. Today, Florida sees a SpaceX Falcon launch most weeks of the year, and sometimes twice in the same... launch”. Some commentators have suggested that the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle could replace the SLS, but this seems...
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...
