01 May 2020
Blue Origin tops NASA funding awards for human lunar lander
... vehicle. SpaceX has revealed it will provide a lunar optimised Starship to land NASA astronauts on the moon, that “can fly...with these teammates, we will succeed.” SpaceX human-rated Starship concept. One of three concepts selected by NASA for its...
June 2022
Sunshades in space could help alleviate Earth’s climate crisis
...’t until mid-century, the first sunshades deployed will probably be built on Earth. SpaceX’s design goals for Starship, its reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle, and logistical requirements for a city on Mars leave enough...
May 2024
Spaceflight revolution on a shoestring
...to have greater passenger appeal than the alternatives. SpaceX Starship launching on its second test flight from the company’s...The new launcher would complement heavy-lift vehicles like Starship, which would be used for launching the orbital platforms...
19 April 2021
NASA picks SpaceX Human Lunar Lander for its Artemis programme
... Moon’s surface once again, this time to explore new areas for longer periods of time.” SpaceX’s HLS Starship, designed to land on the Moon, leans on the company’s tested Raptor engines and flight heritage of the Falcon...
November 2018
How many people does it take to colonise an exoplanet?
... as the Icarus Interstellar mission or the 100-year Starship project) have recently started to consider these ‘world ...discussion of the ethics of what this would require. Managing a starship It isn’t the size of the population that’s the limiting ...
November 2018
Being human in space
... of stress and anxiety. Exploration comes with the cost of braveness and insatiable curiosity. Asteroid starship The TU Delft Starship Team (DSTART) in the Netherlands is bringing together a wide variety of disciplines to perform advanced concepts...
