SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted an image of the Raptor Engine system part of the Super Heavy booster that will eventually power its massive Starship vehicle into orbit – and it looks like something out of Star Wars. The photograph highlights a maze of connecting fuel lines that one Twitter user suggests looks like Sarlacc … Read more
Elon Musk‘s aerospace firm SpaceX has been awarded a $178 million (£129 million) contract for NASA‘s first mission to Europa, Jupiter’s fourth largest moon. SpaceX will provide ‘launch services’ for the Europa Clipper mission, which is due to blast off in October 2024 to study Europa through a series of fly-bys, NASA said. The spacecraft will … Read more
The next SpaceX 160ft Starship prototype, known as SN20, will be launched into orbit as early as next month strapped to the massive Super Heavy booster. Starship requires the booster stage to reach orbit and combined the two reach a whopping 394ft tall, much larger than the Statue of Liberty with its full plinth. SN20 … Read more
Elon Musk says SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service is on track to have more than 500,000 users within 12 months – and the company could invest up to $30 BILLION into the project Elon Musk spoke via Zoom during Mobile World Congress 2021 in Barcelona Musk announced Starlink is likely to hit 500,000 users within … Read more
A trio of British-built satellites due to launch on a SpaceX rocket tomorrow will have to wait a bit longer for their trip to orbit, after the firm delayed the launch. ‘[The] team is taking additional time for pre-launch checkouts ahead of the Transporter-2 mission,’ Elon Musk‘s company announced, without giving a new date for the … Read more
A trio of British-built satellites launch on a SpaceX rocket tomorrow with the aim of monitoring climate change and tracking endangered wildlife around the world. The satellites are due to lift off from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-2 ride share mission at 19:56 BST (14:56 ET) on Friday. UK companies … Read more
Elon Musk’s SpaceX used a recycled Falcon 9 booster to deliver a national security satellite to orbit for the first time Thursday. The 230-foot-tall rocket, topped with the GPS III SV05, ignited its nine Merlin engines at 12:10pm ET at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 40. ‘Go Falcon and go GPS,’ a host … Read more
The US Pentagon is entrusting Elon Musk‘s SpaceX to deliver a national security satellite into orbit for the Space Force by means of a reused rocket. The Falcon 9 booster is the same used to launch the GPS III SV04 satellite last November and today marks the first time a recycled rocket will be used … Read more
Space jam! The Flaming Lips’ singer calls on Elon Musk to help the band become the first to perform on the International Space Station The Flaming Lips, a psychedelic rock band, wants to perform in space Lead singer, Wayne Coyne, revealed it is their dream to play on the ISS Coyne also shared that he … Read more
The United States Space Force is beginning to study whether or not large rockets developed commercially can be used to deliver cargo quickly to hotspots around the world, such as war zones. The project would take advantage of the progress being made in the commercial rocket industry by companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin. … Read more