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The most important rockets of the last years

SLS (NASA)

Falcon 9 (SPACEX)

STS (NASA)

Saturn V (NASA)

Trip to Mars

Video explaining how they plan to go to mars from Space X

Cape Canaveral Air station

Map of the site from where the majority of the US Rockets is launched

Most important news

The first test flight of the SpaceX manned mission

The launch will send an no tripulated version of the SpaceX Dragon capsule that will later take astronauts. It will be the first of a series of tests that NASA requires before having people on board the SpaceX rockets

Chinese Flight Test (No tripulated) with the Chang'e Rocket 5

It is likely that there will be another important space achievement for this country with its next lunar mission: the Chang'e 5, which will take two kilograms of samples of the Moon.

Rocket information table

Nom Capacitat Alçada Diametre Cantitat de Motors Empenta PF Combustible
Saturn V 118.000KG 110,6 m 10 m 5 motors 33,4 MN Hidrogen líquid i oxigen líquid
SLS 129.000 KG 100,4 m 8,4 m 1 motors 7.440 kN Propulsor compost de perclorat d'amoni (APCP)
Falcon 9 22.900 KG 70 m 3,66 m 9 Merlin 7.607 kN LOX/RP-1 densificats
Falcon Heavy 63.900 KG 70 m 3,66 m 27 Merlin 18.607 kN Subrefredat LOX / Refredat RP-1
Big Falcon Rocket 150.000 KG 118 m 9 m 37 Raptor 72 MN Subrefredat CH4 / LOX