SpaceX's Starship Rocket: A Game Changer for Space Exploration
2 months, 1 week ago

SpaceX's Starship Rocket: A Game Changer for Space Exploration

China Daily  

Elon Musk's reusable rockets represent a significant step forward for space exploration and a technological milestone that has captured attention across the space industry and the wider international community. The fully reusable rocket landing in the mechanical arms of the tower, affectionately known as 'chopsticks', succeeded on its first attempt and is critical for making transport to the moon and Mars economically viable. SpaceX's ongoing success suggests the company's plans to launch a finalized version of Starship, which will provide utility for itself, its customers, and the United States government.

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New Glenn: How Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin aims to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX
1 week ago

New Glenn: How Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin aims to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. And, in an attempt to replicate the success that SpaceX has found reusing rocket boosters over the past decade, Blue Origin will also aim to guide New Glenn’s first-stage rocket booster back to a safe landing on a seafaring platform — named Jacklyn for Bezos’ mother — minutes after takeoff. New Glenn’s …

New Glenn: How Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin aims to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX
1 week ago

New Glenn: How Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin aims to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. And, in an attempt to replicate the success that SpaceX has found reusing rocket boosters over the past decade, Blue Origin will also aim to guide New Glenn’s first-stage rocket booster back to a safe landing on a seafaring platform — named Jacklyn for Bezos’ mother — minutes after takeoff. New Glenn’s …

Elon Musk’s most remarkable achievement – making space travel boring
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk’s most remarkable achievement – making space travel boring

The Independent  

On a trip to Florida last year, no one in the shops, diners, hotels, or taxis that I spoke to knew that there was a rocket about to launch to space just a few miles down the road. In Cape Canaveral, the regularity of rocket launches – there’s one nearly every other day – means that all the excitement has …

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches Starship rocket and catches booster with ‘chopsticks’ in astonishing test flight
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches Starship rocket and catches booster with ‘chopsticks’ in astonishing test flight

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In an astonishing success, SpaceX used mechanical arms it refers to as “chopsticks” to catch its booster …

Mars on a Budget? Elon Musk's billion-dollar plan to travel and colonise Red Planet
4 months ago

Mars on a Budget? Elon Musk's billion-dollar plan to travel and colonise Red Planet

India Today  

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has long been vocal about his ambition to colonise Mars, but the financial hurdles of such an endeavour are staggering. It currently costs about a billion dollars per ton of useful payload to the surfaceâ€æ https://t.co/bVQJL8JeV5 — Elon Musk September 7, 2024 Current Costs and Future Targets According to Musk, the current cost of delivering payload …

SpaceX smashes reusable rocket record as Elon Musk makes bold Starship claim
1 year, 6 months ago

SpaceX smashes reusable rocket record as Elon Musk makes bold Starship claim

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They are “mini” versions of the V2 Starlink satellites, which are set to launch aboard SpaceX’s giant …

Elon Musk shares simulation of trip to Mars aboard Starship
2 years, 10 months ago

Elon Musk shares simulation of trip to Mars aboard Starship

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk has shared a five-minute animation of what a trip to Mars …

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5 years, 3 months ago

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New York CNN Business — The rocket and spacecraft at the center of Elon Musk’s plan to colonize Mars could fly humans into orbit within one year — and cost billions of dollars less than he once predicted. Musk said Saturday he now believes the cost will come in on the low end of that spectrum —”probably closer to a …

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