Back to the Moon! Most powerful rocket ever built is set for the biggest blast-off in history

Back to the Moon! Most powerful rocket ever built – with boosters taller than Nelson’s Column – is set for the biggest blast-off in history NASA’s Space Launch System will produce up to 8.8million pounds of thrust  Boosters taller than Nelson’s Column will be used to launch the Orion spacecraft This will see astronauts – including a … Read more

Does Elon Musk have the right stuff? Rain threatens to CANCEL billionaire’s blast-off

Elon Musk today prepares to blast two astronauts into space in SpaceX’s $4 billion touch-screen spaceship, beginning a new era of privatized exploration. Veteran NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, 49, and Bob Behnken, 53, will take a Tesla ride across Kennedy Space Center in their Hollywood-inspired ‘Starman’ suits and tap into their Falcon 9 rocket ship … Read more