SpaceX has revealed the name of the passenger who has paid for a circumlunar navigation voyage aboard the company’s under construction BFR (Big Falcon Rocket) vehicle. Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese entrepreneur, purchased an entire BFR rocket with plans to ask a handful of artists to join him on his journey – artists who can then create works to inspire others to dream.
"BFR"
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October 4, 1957: a little 83.6 kg (184 lb) object entered the microgravity environment of…
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Speaking at the 2017 International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia, Elon Musk has laid out…
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SpaceX is continuing to make progress with its prototype Starship vehicles, with Booster 7 undergoing…
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Roscosmos and Space Adventures has launched and docked the Soyuz MS-20 space tourism mission to…
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SpaceX’s engine testing facility on 4,300 acres of land in McGregor, Texas, just south of…
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At ~5:02 pm CDT on August 27, 2019, SpaceX successfully launched its Starhopper test vehicle…
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Russia’s federal space agency Roscosmos launched its first dedicated commercial launch through its GK Launch…
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CommercialSpaceX
Preparing for “Earth to Earth” space travel and a competition with supersonic airliners
Commercial spaceflight companies are preparing to enter a new market: suborbital flights from one place…
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Since 2012, SpaceX has been working on a reusable rocket family, now called Starship, that…
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Starship SN8 has arrived at the launch site for a test campaign full of firsts…
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One year after Starhopper’s final flight, SpaceX’s Starship launch site in Texas continues to evolve…
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United Launch Alliance has launched NASA’s latest mission to Mars: the Perseverance rover and accompanying…
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It seems like an obvious thing to say. When looking to establish a human colony…
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InternationalISSRussian
Soyuz MS-15 Soyuz-FG retirement; Last launch from Gagarin’s Start lofts first Emirati astronaut
It was the 70th and final ride for the Soyuz-FG rocket. Flying into retirement after…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is set to provide a highly anticipated update on the company’s…
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SpaceX’s Starhopper has successfully undertaken its first real hop into the Texas air on Thursday.…
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With the arrival of a new Raptor engine at their Boca Chica launch facility, SpaceX…
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As SpaceX continues to make steady progress on multiple Starship test vehicles at their Boca…
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Testing of SpaceX’s Starhopper suborbital vehicle in Boca Chica, Texas, achieved a new milestone on…