23 October 2017
Space race ramps up between Blue Origin and SpaceX
..., development has begun on a prototype upper-stage engine designed for potential use as an upper stage on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles. The Raptor prototype is powered by densified liquid methane and liquid oxygen, and it will have...
13 May 2020
Debris from China's rocket may have hit African villages
... York City, report those monitoring its progress. China’s heavy lift launch system, the Long March 5B, is currently ... vehicles currently in operation, such as ULA’s Delta IV Heavy and SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, the Long March 5B only uses one stage to get...
11 November 2019
Fourth time rocket reuse for SpaceX mission but concerns still over satellites
... of achievements made by SpaceX including the first re-flight of a recovered fairing – the nosecone – previously flown on Falcon Heavy’s Arabsat-6A mission earlier this year. The nosecone is designed to protect satellites during launch and is then...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... metallic asteroid of the same name. Flying on top of a Falcon Heavy rocket in July, Psyche will fly 450 million kilometres to give scientists... has a helping hand in with its suite of Falcon rockets, the company is also pushing hard with the...
28 July 2021
Bezos offers $2 billion in incentives for NASA lunar lander contract
...system to be capable of flying on multiple launch vehicles, including Falcon Heavy, SLS, Vulcan, and New Glenn. The value of being ...) and locks every trip to the Moon into 10+ Super Heavy/Starship launches just to get a single lander to the surface...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
... via the Atlas V booster costs US$20,000/kg while SpaceX promises a reduction to US$1,700/kg with its partly reusable Falcon Heavy rocket. Of course, the costs of onward flight across interplanetary space will be much higher. Artist’s concept depicts...
