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Welcome to Edition 5.04 of the Rocket Report! Be sure and read to the end, as most of the news this week concerns heavy-lift rockets, or at least proposed heavy-lift rockets.
SpaceX has lined up its massive Starship and Super Heavy rocket for what would be its 10th suborbital test flight aiming to ...
The Falcon Heavy remained at 39A over the last two weeks, as SpaceX planned and then pushed back the test, day by day. First, sensors picked up an issue with ground equipment during a dress rehearsal.
The SpaceX space technology company scrubbed planned 10th test flight of its heavy-lift Starship launch vehicle Sunday due to ...
The prosaically named Space Launch System (SLS), the agency’s next generation heavy lift rocket, is designed to pack 9 million lbs (4 million kg) of punch and lift 290,000 lbs. (132,000 kg).
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, a 27-engine booster will be ready for launch in one year. The rocket will be company's first entry into "heavy lift" launch, representing a major milestone in the burgeoning ...
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off Nov. 1, on possibly its last spaceflight as the most powerful in use. To win back that accolade, Elon Musk's company will need to debut Starship.
Currently operational heavy-lift rockets From left: Vulcan Centaur, Ariane 6, SLS, Falcon Heavy (photos from respective companies), Long March 5 (photo CC by 篁竹水声) ...
Falcon Heavy successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A at 3:45 p.m. EST. About 5 million pounds of thrust from the heavy-lift rocket shook Cape Canaveral as onlookers ...
The Falcon Heavy has the power to lift 141,000 pounds into orbit, a feat bested only by NASA’s Saturn V that last flew in 1973. It measures nearly 230 feet tall, 40 feet wide, and a staggering 3 ...
SpaceX ’s long-delayed Falcon Heavy rocket, slated for its maiden flight on Tuesday, faces uncertain commercial prospects and lacks a clear role in efforts to send U.S. astronauts back to the ...