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How big is Starship? How megarocket stacks up to SpaceX Falcon 9, New Glenn, other spacecraft

SpaceX's Starship is regarded as the world's largest rocket. How does it compare in height to other launch vehicles from SpaceX, ULA or Blue Origin?

SpaceX Unveils New Version of Mars-Bound Starship

SpaceX has moved a new iteration of its Starship model to its Starbase in Texas for preflight testing. The new model, which ...

SpaceX agrees to take Italian experiments to Mars

Elon Musk's SpaceX has agreed to carry Italian experiments on its Starship megarocket during planned future missions to Mars, ...

SpaceX is already offering to transport services to Mars

SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell announced on X Thursday that SpaceX is now offering services to Mars, sharing that the company is ...

Elon Musk has made an announcement: ‘Starship flight to Mars crewed by Optimus in Nov/Dec next year’

Elon Musk has adjusted SpaceX's Mars mission timeline, pushing back the potential Starship launch to 2028 for uncrewed ...

Investing in Space: All aboard the SpaceX Mars express

Italy's Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) became the first client who's signed on to send scientific experiments aboard ...
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SpaceX unveils Starship, to transport humans to the moon and Mars

A prototype of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft is seen before SpaceX's Elon Musk gives an update on the company's Mars rocket Starship in Boca Chica, Texas, Sept. 28, 2019.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to launch NASA's Mars mission before Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Jef Bezos's Blue Origin is preparing for a Mars mission. The New Glenn rocket will launch NASA's ESCAPADE probes in September ...
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 172 — Earth on Mars

On Episode 172 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Rick Jenet are joined by Erika Alden DeBenedictis to discuss how terraforming Mars might work.