Space Elon Musk Unveils SpaceX's New Drone Ship for Falcon Heavy and Falcon 9 Landing The autonomous vessel was named "A Shortfall of Gravitas" (ASOG), which is a reference to a science fiction series called Culture by Scottish author Iain M. Banks. It will probably replace the OCISLY platform ("Of Course I Still Love You").
Space SpaceX Adds a Glass-Dome Toilet With a 360-Degree View to Crew Dragon According to Isaacman, the Crew Dragon, which will be used in the mission, is equipped with a space toilet in a glass dome located on the ceiling. It is the first spacecraft in history to be equipped with this kind of convenience, he says.
Space Yusaku Maezawa Will Go to the ISS in December This Year Maezawa has already completed the necessary medical examination to begin space flight training. Together with the spacecraft crew, space tourists must undergo about three months of training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia.
Space SpaceX Will Launch Its First Floating Spaceport in 2022 According to the engineers' plan, these platforms will act as key nodes in the network of points designed for hypersonic travel, announced earlier. For example, with their help, it will be possible to get from Beijing to New York in 30 minutes.
Space Elon Musk Showed a Prototype of the New Starship Spacecraft Starship SN16 prototype will be used during the next flight tests, which should take place soon. The Starship SN16 orbiter will be used for a crewed mission to Mars.
Space SpaceX Has Launched a New Batch of Starlink Internet Satellites Into Orbit Approximately nine minutes after the launch, the first stage of the launch vehicle returned to Earth, successfully landing on SpaceX’s autonomous drone ship “Of Course I Still Love You” in the Atlantic Ocean.
Space Google Will Provide Its Cloud Services to SpaceX According to Google, SpaceX will install ground terminals at Google data centers that will connect to Starlink satellites, providing fast and secure internet services via Google Cloud. The service is expected to be available in 2021 for corporate clients.
Space Over 500K People Paid $99 for Pre-Ordering Starlink Equipment On Twitter, Elon Musk expressed his confidence that most of these 500 thousand people will become Starlink users. At the same time, the entrepreneur noted that some potential customers might face restrictions due to the population density in cities.
Space SpaceX's Starship SN15 Prototype Successfully Launched and Landed for the First Time In a few minutes, the spacecraft reached an altitude of about 10 kilometers. Then one of the three Raptor rocket engines was turned off. After that, the Starship prototype began to descend and landed vertically at the set point.
Space SpaceX to Launch a Dogecoin-Funded DOGE-1 Satellite Mission to the Moon Companies consider Doge to be a fast, reliable, and cryptographically safe digital currency, and its sophisticated design allows it to fully finance a commercial mission to the Moon, the company said in a statement.
Space A YouTuber Trespassed at SpaceX's Starship Facilities At SpaceX's Starship Facilities, the blogger was able to shoot the prototype of the Starship SN11 spacecraft from a close distance, which was launched a few days after the shooting, but exploded upon landing.
Space Falcon 9 Rocket Debris Lit Up the Night Sky Of the US Pacific Northwest It was the top of a Falcon 9 rocket, that is, the second stage. It was launched about three weeks ago and put satellites into orbit. The only problem was that this stage did not fall when and where scientists expected.
Space Elon Musk Revealed the Reason Why SN10 Starship Prototype Exploded The head of the American company SpaceX Elon Musk called the ingestion of helium in the fuel tank as the cause of the explosion of the Starship spacecraft prototype, which successfully landed on March 4.
Space The Starship Rocket Prototype Successfully Landed for the First Time, but Then Exploded Hours later, SpaceX refueled Starship SN10 again and orchestrated a second launch attempt. During the second tests, the spacecraft was able to land successfully for the first time.
Space SpaceX to Bring Starlink Internet to Transport, Ships, and Airplanes SpaceX noted that more and more people do not want to give up the Internet while traveling. To meet this demand, the company is looking to deploy a cost-effective satellite system capable of providing reliable network connectivity.
Space SpaceX Showcases Starship Moon Elevator Concept While Dynetics and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin are doing paperwork, SpaceX is already testing Starship in full as part of NASA's Human Landing System (HLS) program. Elon Musk's corporation also showed off a concept of a Moon elevator for the Starship.
Space Starlink Will Double Internet Speed Within 2021 Musk also added that Starlink will cover most of the Earth's surface this year and the entire planet during 2022.
Space NASA Chose SpaceX to Launch the First Two Modules of the Gateway Station SpaceX is the first contractor to deliver cargo to the future Lunar Gateway station. Elon Musk's company will deliver the payload to lunar orbit, including research experiments, supplies for astronauts, equipment for collecting samples, and more.
Space SpaceX Starship SN9 Prototype Crashed and Exploded on Landing Again The SN9 prototype of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft was tested in Texas. A few minutes after launch, the spacecraft exploded upon landing.
Space SpaceX Will Send a Crew of Private Citizens Into Space for the First Time The pilot and mission leader will be entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. The control of the spacecraft is automated, but there must still be a person on board with experience in operating aircraft in case of emergencies.
Space SpaceX Launches the 17th Batch of 60 Starlink Satellites and Sets New Rocket Reuse Record SpaceX launched the first batch of Starlink Internet satellites this year as part of the Falcon 9 double-record flight. It is the eighth repeat flight and the second in a row in 38 days.
Space Axiom Space Announces the Names of the First Space Tourists to Fly to the ISS One day of the mission will cost each of the tourists $35 thousand. That is, all three participants of the flight will pay the company $840 thousand.
Space SpaceX Launched Turkey's New Türksat 5A Satellite Into Orbit The rocket with the satellite was launched from the launch pad of the SLC-40 complex at Cape Canaveral.
Space SpaceX Launched Starship Prototype Rocket and It Exploded Even though it exploded, Elon Musk's Starship prototype makes a big impact as it aims to launch people and cargo into orbit and maybe even travel to Mars and the Moon in the future.
Space SpaceX’s Starlink Provides Rapid Internet Speed Even in Harsh Weather Based on the first reports from users of the satellite communication system, at lower air temperatures, satellite Internet works faster.
