SpaceX Super Heavy Starship Will Also Be Space Tugs and Cycler
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangMany space plans propose different space vehicles for different roles and activities.
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Hours after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened Iran via Twitter statement over plans to fire off Space Launch Vehicles with, as Pompeo claimed, "virtually the same technology as ICBMs" in a "defiant" launch that will "advance its missile progr
China's Chang'e-4 lunar lander touched down on the far side of the moon Thursday morning Beijing time, the latest milestone marking the nation's determination to become a global leader in space exploration.
A Chinese space probe successfully touched down on the far side of the moon on Thursday, China's space agency said, hailing the event as a historic first and a major achievement for the country's space programme.
China's space agency said its control center in Beijing would choose a suitable time to try the landing, but the Smithsonian Institution, the American museums and research centers group, reported that the craft was expected to set down on the Von K
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft passed by Ultima Thule, a Manhattan-sized rock a billion miles farther out from its Pluto passage in 2015.
William Falconer-Beach has rendered some images of the SpaceX Starship with a mirror polished stainless steel body.
Ultima's nearly circular orbit indicates it originated at its current distance from the Sun. Scientists find its birthplace important for two reasons. First, because that means Ultima is an ancient sample of this distant portion of the solar system.
In about seven weeks, SpaceX will launch a Beresheet which is SpaceIL's small ~600 kg (1300 lb) lunar lander.
Flight Tests of the World Changing 100% Reusable SpaceX Starship Will Start 6 Months Early
The SpaceX Starship is being made from stainless steel. The skin will get too hot for paint. The stainless steel will have a mirror finish for maximum reflectivity.
SANTA FE, N.M. -- SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk says a redesigned test vehicle for the company's next-generation reusable launch system could be ready for initial flights early next year.
But they'll always be known as the first company ever to launch unauthorized satellites.
Korolev crater contains a permanent ice field that stretches over a mile deep.
China said Wednesday it opposed the "weaponisation" of space as it criticised US President Donald Trump's orders to create a new command centre for controlling military space operations.
President Donald Trump launched the Pentagon's new Space Command on Tuesday, an effort to better organize and advance the military's vast operations in space that could cost as much as $800 million over the next five years.
Vice President Mike Pence announced Tuesday that President Donald Trump is directing the Department of Defense to create a Space Command as the 11th U.S. combative command.
SpaceX raising $500 million at a $30.5 billion valuation to get the Starlink Satellite network deployed.
SpaceX will get money from existing SpaceX investors and new investor Baillie Gifford and Co, who is also the third-largest shareholder in Musk-led electric carmaker Tesla.
The SpaceX Dragon 2 Crew capsule was revealed. SpaceX is targeting crewed Dragon flight prices of $160 million, or $20 million per seat if the maximum crew of 7 is aboard, and if NASA orders at least four DragonRider flights per year.
The mission's main task is to land on the far side of the moon, which never faces us because the moon and Earth are tidally locked by gravity. Previous lunar probes have only studied this side from orbit.
(Bloomberg) -- On a historic day of four planned space launches, Lockheed Martin Corp. is betting that the first of its long-delayed, next-generation Global Positioning System satellites can do its job even though congressional investigators say it h
Cameras aboard the shuttle are monitored, the video signals are delayed several seconds and sometimes minutes before being fed to public video feed networks. Immediately after the STS-48 mission UFO mission flap in which Dr Kasher a
Rocket Lab's ramp-up is going well so far. The spaceflight startup launched 13 tiny satellites on its first-ever mission for NASA early this morning (Dec. 16), just a month after acing its first commercial flight.
Mysterious 'UFO' drifts past Elon Musk's SpaceX capsule sparking claims it's proof of alien life
Though more test flights remain, the company looks on track to carry its first paying customers into suborbital space in 2019.
China's Chang'e 4 lander and rover spacecraft successfully entered lunar orbit Wednesday (Dec. 12) following a four-and-a-half-day flight to the moon.
Richard Branson greeted the two pilots after the test, declaring "Space is Virgin territory!"
Neither Elon Musk's company nor Blue Origin have done it just yet, and it's a long time coming for Richard Branson's space tourism venture.
MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) -- Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is preparing to take the long-awaited step of trying to fly its tourism rocket ship to the edge of space.