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Jul 26, 2023

SpaceX fuels up Starship Super Heavy boosters in prelaunch tests (photos)

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SpaceX just loaded propellant into two of its Starship Super Heavy booster prototypes as part of a prelaunch test campaign.

Jul 25, 2023

A fusion rocket designed to travel 500,000 mph is under construction

Posted by in categories: habitats, health, space travel

A British aerospace startup is working on a fusion rocket it says will slash the amount of time it takes astronauts to travel to Mars and beyond — allowing humans to explore places that are currently far out of reach.

The challenge: Long-term exposure to microgravity and cosmic radiation can cause serious health issues for astronauts. That means NASA needs to keep its future Mars missions short enough that astronauts come home healthy — less than 4 years should work.

Using our current rocket propulsion technology, though, it’s going to take seven months just to get astronauts to Mars. Factor in the amount of time to get back to Earth, and nearly a third of a Mars astronaut’s mission is just going to be dedicated to the commute.

Jul 24, 2023

SpaceX shares images of Starship Booster 9 ahead of second test flight

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

Elon Musk recently stated SpaceX made ‘well over a thousand changes’ to Starship since its debut flight.

SpaceX continues to prepare for the second orbital launch attempt of Starship despite concerns over a potential delay caused by the ongoing environmental lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA).

Elon Musk’s private space company, likely eager to show that preparations continue uninterrupted, has shared a number of images on Twitter of Booster 9, the Super Heavy prototype that will be used for the massive rocket’s second test flight.

Jul 24, 2023

NASA Teases Mars Transport System For 1,200 Days Of Space Travel

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NASA shares details about its Moon house and Mars module that will see astronauts spend more than a thousand days in space.

Jul 24, 2023

SpaceX shares stunning shot of Super Heavy on launchpad

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SpaceX has shared a stunning shot (above) of its next-generation Super Heavy booster on the launchpad.

The image shows the most powerful rocket in the world under a starlit sky at SpaceX’s Starbase site in Boca Chica, Texas. At the bottom of the booster, we can see some of the Super Heavy’s 33 Raptor engines that will blast the rocket to orbit.

Jul 23, 2023

Elon Musk’s SpaceX: How the world’s richest person leads the space exploration pioneer

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Elon Musk leads SpaceX, the pioneering space exploration company, as it pushes the boundaries of technological innovation.

Jul 19, 2023

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Jul 18, 2023

SpaceX Forecasts Doubling of Revenue to $8 Billion

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Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies, the most highly valued private tech company in the U.S., has told some investors it expects to bring in about $8 billion in revenue in 2023, roughly doubling its revenue from the previous year, according to people familiar with the discussions.

The expectation for rapid growth helps explain the fervor of some investors for SpaceX shares, which have defied recently depressed private tech valuations. The company, valued in a secondary share sale at about $150 billion this month, has also assured investors it expects to pull in about $3 billion in operating profits this year, at least by a measure that excludes expenses tied to building rockets and satellites.

Jul 17, 2023

Star Trek creator set for first deep space burial

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Nearly 200 separate remains, including those of the late Star Trek creator and two of the show’s cast members, will be part of an inaugural deep space mission to permanently orbit the sun as their final resting place.

Celestis, a company that has been promoting space burial service since 1994, will launch the first-of-its-kind memorial spaceflight to take place in nearly 30 years.

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Jul 16, 2023

Pulsar Fusion has begun development of the largest fusion engine in history, which will allow rockets to reach speeds of more than 800,000 kilometres per hour

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Pulsar Fusion has begun construction of the world’s largest rocket engine, which will be fuelled by fusion. Within four years, the British company intends to create an 8-metre-long combustion chamber.

Here’s What We Know

The fusion engine will be based on a very hot plasma trapped inside an electromagnetic field. Now scientists are working on how to keep the plasma in the electromagnetic field. The announcement was made by James Lambert, CFO of the UK-based company.

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