While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.
SpaceX’s founder and CEO Elon Musk has repeatedly complained about the FAA and other regulatory bodies holding back his company’s progress and Starship’s journey to orbit. The latest ...
A nuclear thermal rocket could potentially achieve double or triple the Delta-V of a SpaceX Starship with just the full orbital refueling. But to move large payloads of 100-200 tons, then the thrust ...
These eerie images of a fiery sky show the moment when SpaceX’s Starship rocket dramatically returned to Earth in pieces last week. They were captured by photographer James Temple, who was ...
Falcon Heavy by SpaceX has a cost per kilogram to LEO of approximately $1,400 per kg. This figure reflects the cost-effectiveness achieved through partial reusability and high payload capacity. A ...