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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.