Tag: BFR
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX aims to raise $500M as it makes progress on its Big F’n Rocket
Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. (GeekWire Photo/Kevin Lisota) Elon Musk’s SpaceX is aiming to raise up to $507 million in a new funding round, according to documents filed with the state of Delaware last week. SpaceX has authorized 3 million shares of stock for this Series I round, valued at $169 each, according to…
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What a tool! Elon Musk shows off what SpaceX will use to build BFR spaceship
To build a big frickin’ spaceship, you need a big frickin’ rack to put it on. And SpaceX has the rack. The company’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, took to Instagram tonight to show off the main-body construction tool — which is analogous to the turning mandrel tool that Boeing uses as a rack for a…
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Musk: Atmospheric tests of interplanetary spaceship could happen next year
Artist’s concept of the BFR spaceship deploying a satellite in orbit. Credit: SpaceX A team of SpaceX engineers is building a prototype of the spaceship Elon Musk hopes will one day carry people and cargo deep into the solar system, and it could begin low-altitude testing next year, kicking off a multi-step test campaign before…
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Elon Musk Q&A: First Mars spaceship is being built, with flight tests set for 2019
Billionaire Elon Musk (in the black hat) and his brother, Kimbal Musk (in the white hat), join in a rendition of “My Little Buttercup” at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. (SXSW via YouTube) SpaceX is building its first Mars transport vehicle, also known as the BFR, and “making good progress” toward short-hop test flights…
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Falcon Heavy success paves the way for open access to space beyond Earth
It’s been said before, but it bears repeating: Tuesday was a momentous and historic day in the history of space exploration as SpaceX successfully conducted the maiden flight of its Falcon Heavy rocket – a heavy lift vehicle capable of placing 140,000 lbs into Low Earth Orbit. But beyond the sheer numbers of its capabilities,…
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Elon Musk marvels at Falcon Heavy’s triumph, looks ahead to bigger rocket
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk meets the press at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, says that even he was surprised by how successful the first flight of his company’s Falcon Heavy rocket turned out to be, and that it boosted his confidence about building…
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Elon Musk explains why SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is risky – and revolutionary
The Falcon Heavy rocket’s side-booster separation procedure is one of the riskiest parts of the ascent. (SpaceX via YouTube) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Launching the Falcon Heavy rocket is arguably one of the riskiest operations that SpaceX has ever taken on, but billionaire CEO Elon Musk says he’s made his peace with the risks. “Normally…
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Elon Musk will chat about his big rocket plans with SpaceX fans on Reddit
An artist’s conception shows SpaceX’s BFR launch vehicle blasting off from a floating pad. (SpaceX via YouTube) Two weeks after SpaceX founder Elon Musk updated his vision for a monster rocket designed to take settlers to the moon and Mars, he’s taking questions from his fans today during a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session. Musk says…
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk explains how his big rocket’s short hops will lead to giant leaps
SpaceX founder Elon Musk discusses his plan to build a “Big Falcon Spaceship” at the International Astronautical Congress in Australia. Musk followed up with an “Ask Me Anything” chat on Reddit. (SpaceX via YouTube) SpaceX CEO says he “chickened out” and made the design for the monster spaceship he’s planning to send to Mars a…
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Elon Musk revises Mars plan, hopes for boots on ground in 2024
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s concept for a Mars outpost serviced by reusable spaceships. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX plans to begin construction of a new rocket and spacecraft next year that could lead to human landings on Mars as early as 2024, scaling up technologies currently being perfected with the…