Tag: Raptor

“Important Announcement” From SpaceX Today

“Important Announcement” From SpaceX Today

Credit : Getty Images SpaceX has released the following media advisory;  “Elon Musk will make an important SpaceX announcement today, Friday, April 25th at 1:00PM ET at The National Press Club” Given the deafening silence coming from SpaceX after tweets from Elon Musk last Friday that the Falcon 9 first stage on the CRS-3 mission […]

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SpaceX Inaugurates Raptor Stand in Mississippi, Talking Mars in D.C.

SpaceX Inaugurates Raptor Stand in Mississippi, Talking Mars in D.C.

Two interesting Mars related items are taking place this week.  On Monday, officials held a ribbon cutting at NASA’s Stennis Space Center to commemorate SpaceX’s conversion of the E-2 stand to test for testing components of its Raptor engine.  SpaceX has made bones about the fact that the Raptor methane engine program is specifically geared […]

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SpaceX Raptor to Roar in Mississppi

SpaceX Raptor to Roar in Mississppi

Yesterday’s announcement that SpaceX will be conducting engine testing at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi has provided a bit more insight into the company’s future plans, as well as its steadily evolving business savvy. For those who follow the technology, the announcement is one of the first pieces of publicly released information regarding the […]

Musk, Mars and Methane

Musk, Mars and Methane

In a lecture delivered to the Royal Aeronautical Society on November 16,  SpaceX Founder Elon Musk revealed a few more details about the company’s next engine project, and seemingly summed up the future this way:  “Its gonna be methane.” The transition to a methane fueled engine marks a logical and necessary step in developing a cost efficient Mars transportation […]

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