SpaceX is a private, for-profit entity and thus is motivated to control expenses. It seeks both government and private customers, whereas NASA serves U.S. government interests. However, SpaceX's largest customer is the U.S. government, primarily doing cargo runs to the ISS less expensively ...
Elon Musk is the founder of the company SpaceX, which has been wildly successful in space travel.(Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images) Since the company's first successful launch in 2008, SpaceX has been an enormous player in space travel. The company was founded by the billio...
SpaceX is ready to launch its first Starship flight of 2025. Here is what time the Starship Flight 7 will launch.
SpaceX is poised to launch Flight 8 of its Starship megarocket on Monday (March 3). Here's how to watch the action live.
本视频阐述了SpaceX在星舰火箭中使用的一种叫做'热助推'的概念。与传统方法形成对比,它指出,在无辅助增压发动机(LAGS)的情况下启动上级引擎的同时将其仍连接在下级阶段是该方法的核心。这种方法源自过去如R7、联盟号和钛塔II等火箭。热助推技术利用了飞行载体高速飞离前已存在的重力条件,通过将启动时可能进入引擎的...
What Is Starship? The vessel we currently refer to as "Starship" used to be known as the BFR (Big Falcon Rocket) and ITS (Interplanetary Transport System). Along with the name change, SpaceX clarified its vision for moving all its operations to the Starship platform...someday. At its mo...
An engine malfunction has grounded the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and highlighted how much the US depends on it for access to space.
SpaceX’s new satellite constellation project Starshield, designed for military use, has triggered worldwide concerns and controversy. Why has SpaceX waited until now to unveil it? Would it become Russia’s military target? What chain reaction may Starshield trigger worldwide? Host Tu Yun is ...
Last month's SpaceX rocket failure was caused by a structural issue and could have been saved if its parachute had been deployed, Musk said.
EDT on April 21 to include Elon Musk's tweet about the water-cooled steel plate that SpaceX plans to install beneath Starbase's orbital launch mount. Mike Wall is the author of "Out There" (Grand Central Publishing, 2018; illustrated by Karl Tate), a book about the search for alien ...