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  2. SpaceX Starship design history - Wikipedia

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    The design balanced objectives such as payload mass, landing capabilities, and reliability. The initial design showed the ship with six Raptor engines (two sea-level, four vacuum) down from nine in the previous ITS design. [9] By September 2017, Raptors had been test-fired for a combined total of 20 minutes across 42 test cycles.

  3. Future of space exploration - Wikipedia

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    The future of space exploration involves both telescopic and physical explorations of space by robotic spacecraft and human spaceflight. Near-term physical exploration missions, focused on obtaining new information about the Solar System , are planned and announced by both national and private organisations.

  4. SpaceX Starship - Wikipedia

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    When stacked and fully fueled, Starship has a mass of approximately 5,000 t (11,000,000 lb), [c] a diameter of 9 m (30 ft) [15] and a height of 121.3 m (398 ft). [16] The rocket has been designed with the goal of being fully reusable to reduce launch costs; [17] it consists of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage [18] which are powered by Raptor and Raptor Vacuum engines.

  5. Spacecraft design - Wikipedia

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    Spacecraft design is a process where systems engineering principles are systemically applied in order to construct complex vehicles for missions involving travel, operation or exploration in outer space. This design process produces the detailed design specifications, schematics, and plans for the spacecraft system, including comprehensive ...

  6. SpaceX Starship (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    The delta wing and split flaps were said to expand the flight envelope to allow the ship to land in a variety of atmospheric densities (vacuum, thin, or heavy atmosphere) with a wide range of payloads. [78] [76]: 18:05–19:25 The BFS design originally had six Raptor engines, with four vacuum and two sea-level. By late 2017, SpaceX added a ...

  7. Studied Space Shuttle designs - Wikipedia

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    The Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle was a study by NASA to turn the Space Shuttle launch stack into a dedicated uncrewed cargo launcher. The external tank and Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) would be combined with a cargo module that took the place of the shuttle orbiter and included the Space Shuttle Main Engines.

  8. Project Orion (nuclear propulsion) - Wikipedia

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    The biggest design above is the "super" Orion design; at 8 million tons, it could easily be a city. [25] In interviews, the designers contemplated the large ship as a possible interstellar ark. This extreme design could be built with materials and techniques that could be obtained in 1958 or were anticipated to be available shortly after.

  9. Nautilus-X - Wikipedia

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    Nautilus-X (Non-Atmospheric Universal Transport Intended for Lengthy United States Exploration) is a rotating wheel space station concept developed by engineers Mark Holderman and Edward Henderson of the Technology Applications Assessment Team of NASA.