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...
May 2026
Mars exploration – the nuclear option
... of the total mass (0.014 percent). Traditional chemical propulsion systems, like the engines used in the Saturn V or Falcon Heavy, offer high thrust in the range of 1000 to 3000 kilonewtons, but at a cost. Their specific impulse (Isp), which...
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 ...
