are now standard across all Block 5 Falcon 9s. Previously, they were only flown on select missions, such as Falcon Heavy's debut flight in February. Musk said each fin is likely the largest single ...

Pad 39A saw its first fire and smoke from a Block 5 Falcon 9 ... SpaceX is developing its Big Falcon Rocket, or BFR, for future heavy-lift missions and, eventually, crewed trips to Mars.

That's because this wasn't an ordinary Falcon, but a souped-up version. Known as the Block 5, this is the final variant ... and Falcon Heavy's second flight on the way, the company may have ...

the Block 5. The upgraded rocket will have more thrust, permanent landing legs, and a new layer of thermal protection coating—features that will end up in the Falcon Heavy, too. Eventually.

The animation shows the massive three-booster Falcon Heavy leaving the launchpad before ... 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at lift-off, equal to ...

Falcon Heavy ... will generate 5 million pounds of thrust at lift-off. That's as much explosive power as a tactical-grade nuclear weapon — around 1.8 kilotons. According to an animation released ...

After several delays, SpaceX is scheduled to launch its new Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket Thursday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The new rocket is SpaceX's latest innovation to ...

Update 6:10 p.m. EDT: SpaceX has postponed the first flight of the Falcon 9 Block 5 after the rocket triggered an abort with 58 seconds left on the countdown clock, just after the vehicle entered ...

The mission will mark the debut of the Block 5 version of the company’s Falcon 9, the most advanced upgrade of the rocket to date and the last major version of the vehicle that SpaceX plans to make.

The Dragonfly rotorcraft will ride a Falcon Heavy into space in July 2028 ... In addition, organic compounds, the carbon-containing building blocks of life as we know it, are common on the ...

SpaceX is preparing to launch the final planned iteration of its Falcon 9 rocket. If the Block 5 launch and recovery are successful (the launch is currently scheduled for today, May 11), it'll be ...