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SpaceX testing Raptor engine, 3 times more powerful than current SpaceX engines, will enable manned Mars missions

Posted in Hardware on 10th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Raptor engine will power a next-gen rocket.

SpaceX receives order for second manned mission

Posted in Science on 30th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

NASA says that the new contract will put the United States back into the manned spaceflight game and free US crews to spend more time on scientific research.

SpaceX estimated to spend $300 million on Red Dragon mission

Posted in Science on 28th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

SpaceX's "Red Dragon" concept envisions using a Dragon spacecraft with only minor modification to land on the surface of Mars as a precursor to later human missions.

U.S. and Russian Scientists Are Making Plans to Go Back to the Moon Together

Posted in Science on 20th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

Organizations on both sides are quietly toying with the idea of going back to the moon together. That is, if politics don't get in the way.

SpaceX will try to land three rocket boosters at once

Posted in Hardware on 20th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

Falcon Heavy rocket is slated to launch later this year. And if all goes as planned, all three boosters could come down for nearly simultaneous landings.