April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... the crew in an Orion capsule, which flies to the same rectilinear orbit and docks with the Starship. After transferring to Starship, the crew descends to the lunar surface. Later missions utilise different landers provided by multiple companies...
June 2022
Protecting crews in interplanetary ships and space colonies from the space environment
...carbon compounds, which are effective as radiation protection materials. Starships that are out of flight resources can also be used ...by using ring trestles made of light lattice trusses. If Starship rockets are used to supply lunar bases, by the time...
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...
April 2025
Lego’s tribute to NASA’s SLS and Artemis
... thinks. SLS and Artemis on the launch pad at KSC in 2022. Irrespective of opinions on the matter, Elon Musk’s Starship is already a part of the Artemis programme in providing the ‘Lunar Module’ function - a spacecraft that will transport Artemis...
