16 October 2019
SpaceX files request to launch 30,000 more Starlink satellites
...addition to the 12,000 already approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). If approved, this would mean that SpaceX's constellation could consist of a mammoth 42,000 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites filling up space above our planet...
24 October 2019
SpaceX confirm plans to build cities on the Moon and Mars
...Martian city is expected to be completed by 2050. In true SpaceX style, the companies ambitions do not stop there however. The ...life support systems. With these in place, said Wooster, SpaceX’s eventual goal is to establish a planet-hopping network ...
11 November 2019
Fourth time rocket reuse for SpaceX mission but concerns still over satellites
...discarded, but with an estimate cost of $6 million, SpaceX has made efforts to reuse this essential part. Even more... negative impact on astronomy. In response to those concerns, SpaceX boss Elon Musk said the company would consider reducing the albedo...
05 August 2020
SpaceX’s Mars rocket prototype completes important test flight
...is powered by the same methane and oxygen-fuelled Raptor engine SpaceX intends to use to reach Mars. Although SN5 featured a ... able to land vertically on the Red Planet. In typical SpaceX style, both vehicles will be fully reusable, an approach that...
13 November 2020
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission gets ready for launch tomorrow
...Human Exploration and Operation Mission Directorate. Crew-1 is SpaceX’s second crewed trip to the ISS - the first...human spaceflight system in history to be certified by NASA,” said SpaceX boss Elon Musk. “This is a great honor that inspires confidence...
20 January 2020
SpaceX complete final major flight test of crew spacecraft
... milestone for Crew Dragon.” As part of the test, SpaceX configured Crew Dragon to trigger a launch escape about 1.5 ...be completed prior to NASA astronauts flying the system during SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission. NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is working...
