He also revealed in another tweet that the rendering of the BFR spacecraft was new. In June, it was revealed by the Wall Street Journal that SpaceX wouldn't be sending a couple around the moon on ...

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.

Luckily, BFR -- that is to say, Super Heavy and Starship -- can help with that. Prototypes of the Starlink broadband internet satellites that SpaceX proposes to put into orbit around Earth have a ...

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 ...

Long live “Starship.” SpaceX founder Musk unveiled the name change on Twitter this week, with a message reading simply: “Renaming BFR to Starship.” In a follow-up, he explained that ...

Those systems are the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), which is being built by Elon Musk's SpaceX; and the New Glenn, a launcher being built by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. Read more: Elon Musk and SpaceX are ...

All SpaceX rocket development decisions are to accelerate the earliest completion of the SpaceX BFR. SpaceX will no longer divert resources to make the Falcon 9 second stage reusable. The second stage ...

But it’s not the only space vehicle the commercial space company is known for; SpaceX is also responsible for the Falcon Heavy rocket and the upcoming BFR (short for Big Falcon Rocket). SpaceX CEO ...

The upper "spaceship" stage of SpaceX's BFR separating from its booster. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company will fly a modified Falcon 9 upper stage, or "mini-BFR Ship," by mid-2019 to test ...

Oy, that name. BFR supposedly stands for Big Falcon Rocket, a nod to the workhorse of the SpaceX fleet, the Falcon 9 that boosts satellites into orbit. But the BFR designation may not stick.

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 ...