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Why is the Delta IV Heavy taller than the Delta IV Medium?
Awarded Feb 24 at 14:21
What is SpaceX doing differently with Starship to avoid it exploding like the N1?
Awarded Jan 25 at 16:41
Does NASA have any rocket options to replace ISS segments?
Awarded Jul 27, 2022 at 12:41
Have space station occupants always had a return vehicle ready?
Awarded Dec 2, 2021 at 15:18
Isn't Starship way too big?
Awarded Aug 22, 2021 at 5:10
Are SpaceX competitors planning to create reusable vehicles
Awarded Mar 13, 2021 at 0:06
Why will Superheavy/Starship have a landing pad so close to the launch pad?
Awarded Jun 9, 2020 at 10:10
How many spacecraft can dock at the ISS at once?
Awarded May 12, 2020 at 15:57
What is the two little black side tanks seen at starship?
Awarded Apr 6, 2020 at 23:50
Why is NASA building its own rocket for the moon mission when it could use SpaceX's?
Awarded Mar 16, 2020 at 17:35
What is a thrust puck on Starship?
Awarded Mar 3, 2020 at 9:55
Could a ship take off from Earth using ion thrusters?
Awarded Nov 1, 2019 at 2:00
Can you swim in space?
Awarded Sep 27, 2019 at 11:25
How does SpaceX plan to deal with boiloff on the trip to Mars?
Awarded Aug 10, 2019 at 16:30
Is there any possible way to reduce the cost of a manned mission to the Moon?
Awarded Jul 19, 2019 at 4:35
Apollo command module space walk?
Awarded Apr 16, 2019 at 21:20
Are there any remaining spacecraft that can retrieve objects from Earth orbit?
Awarded Apr 15, 2019 at 0:55
What will be "unique" about upcoming SES-9 GTO transfer profile by SpaceX?
Awarded Dec 26, 2018 at 12:55
With six spacecraft currently docked at the ISS, how could Santa (or anyone else) deliver presents?
Awarded Dec 16, 2018 at 6:40
What is the ring at the bottom of the Merlin vacuum engine?
Awarded Sep 18, 2018 at 4:20
What is the primary reason for SpaceX motion to have astronauts board Dragon before fueling up the rocket?
Awarded Aug 23, 2018 at 7:30
What makes it so hard to precisely land a fairing?
Awarded Aug 1, 2018 at 6:50
What is a dual-combustion chamber design?
Awarded Jun 28, 2018 at 2:04
Is it more efficient to assemble spacecraft in orbit, or assemble on the ground and launch?
Awarded Jun 22, 2018 at 21:55
Why won't they recover the Falcon 9 from CRS-14?
Awarded May 21, 2018 at 8:24
Why is there a need for getting rid of ISS trash using the empty ATV and similar vehicles
Awarded Mar 28, 2018 at 21:20
Will SpaceX attach its fairings to a booster to recover them?
Awarded Feb 21, 2018 at 16:46
Why does the ISS have so much pressurized but uninhabitable space?
Awarded Feb 20, 2018 at 22:18
Why did the Tesla Roadster spend time in the Van Allen belt?
Awarded Feb 19, 2018 at 22:24
What are the two openings above the Shuttle's cockpit?
Awarded Feb 14, 2018 at 19:54
Is Starman in the Tesla Roadster a real human?
Awarded Feb 13, 2018 at 19:44
Why does the ISS have to be destroyed?
Awarded Jan 11, 2018 at 6:47
Pollution by rockets and missiles
Awarded Dec 27, 2017 at 22:39
Could a Falcon 9 land carrying its second stage and payload?
Awarded Nov 23, 2017 at 0:44
Why do SpaceX rockets' re-entries seem to burn (as in heat the hull) less than the space shuttle?
Awarded Sep 10, 2017 at 10:49
When will they be landing Dragon retropropulsively?
Awarded Jul 2, 2017 at 19:15
Does SpaceX name individual boosters?
Awarded Jun 9, 2017 at 15:20
Could a rocket booster be refueled in space?
Awarded May 18, 2017 at 19:06
What makes SLS (Space Launch System) \$10 Billion (or \$36 Billion) project?
Awarded Apr 7, 2017 at 19:07
Why does the CRS-8 Falcon 9 rocket appear to be swaying before launch?
Awarded Apr 6, 2017 at 2:29
So with Soyuz being retired, what gets people up to the ISS and back down now?
Awarded Feb 23, 2017 at 9:06
What makes 21st century fairings so valuable that they'd potentially be recovered and re-used?
Awarded Feb 4, 2017 at 3:47
Why hasn't Dragon been reused before CRS-11?
Awarded Feb 3, 2017 at 11:11
Why is the F9-029 Amos 6 case more complex than the F9-020 CRS-7 explosion?
Awarded Sep 17, 2016 at 12:38
What difficulties will be faced modifying the Falcon 9 FT, so to have better and easier landings of the 1st stage from a GTO mission?
Awarded Aug 24, 2016 at 18:23
What caused SES-8's Falcon 9 launch computer to abort at T+2 seconds?
Awarded Jul 18, 2016 at 12:57
What work needs to be done before reusing Falcon 9?
Awarded Jun 8, 2016 at 3:16
Why can't Pratt & Whitney make RD-180 engines on their own?
Awarded Jun 4, 2016 at 1:33
How far would the STS get without the SRBs
Awarded Apr 5, 2016 at 14:36
Are any rockets currently in use capable of putting a man on the Moon?
Awarded Feb 24, 2016 at 13:39
What technological hurdles prevent the development of a space gun?
Awarded Dec 28, 2015 at 18:48
How do astronauts and cosmonauts sleep on a Soyuz?
Awarded Nov 1, 2015 at 13:05
What work is being done to develop and test artificial gravity?
Awarded Oct 31, 2015 at 18:17
Why are there no spacecraft rotating for artificial gravity?
Awarded Aug 26, 2015 at 20:11
Quality vs. Quantity for Rocket Engines
Awarded Jul 31, 2015 at 3:41
What's next for Orion?
Awarded Jul 19, 2015 at 15:07
Why is Falcon 9's shape so tall and skinny?
Awarded Jul 14, 2015 at 12:42
Does the proximity of engines in engine clusters cause interference?
Awarded Jul 10, 2015 at 12:13
What will the next ISS resupply launch be named?
Awarded Jul 1, 2015 at 9:48
Who can now resupply the ISS?
Awarded Jun 29, 2015 at 22:32
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