NASA funds study on SpaceX BFR as option for massive space telescope launch
Speaking at the Exoplanets II conference in Cambridge, UK July 6th, geophysicist and exoplanet hunter Dr. Debra Fischer briefly revealed…
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Mars
SpaceX ramps BFR factory construction as Mr Steven arm surgery continues
Photos taken on July 1st show that land leased by SpaceX to build the first port-located BFR factory and Falcon…
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Asteroid mining startup faces uphill battle despite industry’s huge promise
Asteroid mining startup Planetary Resources, arguably the pathfinder for the industry's growing charge, has had difficulty securing reliable funding capable…
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SpaceX’s BFR Mars rocket tooling makes rare appearance in LA Port tent
After nearly ten weeks hidden inside the company's Port of Los Angeles tent, SpaceX's main BFR manufacturing tooling made another…
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SpaceX’s BFR Mars rocket and spaceship rendered in extraordinary fan artwork
Part of a newly-formed group known as Gravitation Innovation, artist and spaceflight fan David Romax published an extraordinary series of…
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NASA orbiter captures beauty of Mars as global storm forces rover hibernation
Although NASA's 14-year old Opportunity rover is currently trapped in a state of low-power hibernation in an effort to weather…
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SpaceX to use superalloys in Mars rocket Raptor engines, says Elon Musk
A few days after he touched upon methods of creating BFR propellant on Mars, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk mentioned in…
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover takes valiant selfie as it weathers Mars’ huge storm
NASA's Curiosity Rover recently took a selfie at it continues to weather a massive dust storm that has enveloped a…
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Massive storm on Mars downs NASA’s Opportunity Rover after 14 years on the red planet
NASA recently held a press conference about the current status of the Opportunity Rover (or Oppy, as it is fondly…
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk teases in-house R&D for BFR refueling on Mars
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to reaffirm SpaceX's commitment to developing their own technology for refueling BFR beyond…
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SpaceX posts first BFR-dedicated job posting – wanna build a Mars rocket?
SpaceX has published the first job posting specifically dedicated to BFR, the company's ambitious fully-reusable Mars rocket and multipurpose launch…
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SpaceX’s BFR factory in LA spied with four Falcon 9 fairing halves
In an unexpected turn of events, Teslarati photographer Pauline Acalin came across a remarkable scene in Port of Los Angeles…
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SpaceX execs bullish on BFR as Mars rocket test facilities expand in Texas [photos]
Aerial observations of SpaceX's McGregor, Texas testing facilities on April 17 revealed an unusually frenetic level of construction and expansion…
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SpaceX moving fast on Mars rocket development, BFR tent spied with more tooling
Photos taken by Teslarati photographer Pauline Acalin have confirmed that SpaceX's massive Mars rocket fabrication tooling has been hiding in…
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SpaceX’s BFR factory abuzz with work activity and giant rocket tooling
A large temporary SpaceX facility intended for initial Mars rocket fabrication was spied abuzz with activity as employees work to…
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SpaceX Mars rocket tooling dwarfs Tesla Model 3 in new Elon Musk teaser
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has published the first public photo of fabrication tooling intended to enable the construction of the…
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SpaceX recovered fairing appears at future Mars rocket factory in LA
In an unexpected turn of events, the first fairing half recovered by SpaceX - just after the Feb. 22 launch…
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SpaceX’s first BFR manufacturing facility approved by the Port of LA
SpaceX has been given initial approval by the Port of Los Angeles to acquire and develop a massive vacant lot…
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SpaceX will launch its Mars spaceship into orbit as early as 2020
First spaceship prototype already under construction Speaking on a launch industry round-table at the Satellite 2018 conference, SpaceX President and…
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SpaceX contemplates Mars rocket factory on the South Texas coast
In statements provided to the Brownsville Herald, a Texan paper dedicated to a South Texas region that includes SpaceX's Boca…
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