Here’s how it works. SpaceX's giant Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) has a sleek new look for an audacious private passenger flight around the moon. If an early rendering is anything to go by ...

McHugh said SpaceX has 40 employees working on design and production considerations for BFR. The initial 10-year lease at the port will have two additional 10-year extension options. SpaceX’s ...

But SpaceX has grander plans and is now primarily focused on Starship, previously known to most people as BFR. The BFR is an in-development, privately owned rocket that’s designed to go to Mars.

Elon Musk's SpaceX welcomes Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa and an entourage of artists as its first BFR spaceship moon tourists. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech ...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti confirmed Monday that SpaceX will build the company’s BFR rocket and spaceship system at a facility at the Port of L.A. In a tweet about his State of the City ...

SpaceX's Mars-colonizing Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) spaceflight system just went through a growth spurt. The reusable rocket-spaceship duo will stand 387 feet (118 meters) tall at launch, SpaceX ...

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The company has also earned a huge share of America’s growing space industry, accounting for 138 out of 145 launches from the ...

To go "way bigger than that" will require something new. SpaceX is banking its future on the Big Falcon Rocket, or BFR—although the original name for the rocket is a bit more colorful.

SpaceX has signed its first customer to fly on the company’s huge new rocket, the BFR, the company says. The passenger will fly on the monster ship around the Moon, though there are no details ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said at a press event for the just-launched Falcon Heavy that SpaceX will now begin focusing in earnest on “BFR,” the code name for its next big space launch vehicle.

Just a few days ago, Musk tweeted that plans for BFR Starship are accelerating, as SpaceX dropped a quest to make its Falcon 9 second stage reusable. Technically, two parts: Starship is the ...