SpaceX launches from Florida, retires first-stage booster because of extra power needed
SpaceX on Wednesday night launched a Spanish communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and retired ...
SpaceX is superb at reusing boosters, but how about building upper stages?
With the launch Friday and another Falcon 9 flight Monday (this one with a booster on its 15th mission), SpaceX has launched Falcon 9 rockets 423 times. The fleet leader, Booster No. 1,067, has now ...
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How Do Rockets Work? A Basic Explainer
That's why rockets have to carry tanks of both fuel and oxidizer. The SpaceX Falcon 9's Merlin engines use rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) fuel with liquid oxygen as the oxidizer. NASA's Space Launch ...
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Elon Musk's eight word response to billionaire space rival Jeff Bezos after his Blue Origin rocket finally launched
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has weighed in on his ... The Falcon Heavy's first stage boosters will be made of nine Merlin 1D engines, which will each have a thrust capability of 845 kN (190,000 lbf).
Falcon 9 rocket launches flight from Florida carrying ESA’s next-generation satellite
SpaceX launched the Hisdesat SpainSat Next Generation I via a Falcon 9 rocket out of Kennedy Space Center Wednesday night.
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Nuclear Thermal Rockets Versus SpaceX Starship
The SpaceX Starship can enable a lot of extra fuel and more powerful chemical engines. Extra fuel can come from orbital refueling of the Starship. Other spacecraft and the Starship might only have 10% ...