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Loading contentStarship is a fully reusable super heavy-lift launch system being developed by SpaceX for crewed and cargo missions to Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars.
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How Starship connects across Asteria Star — scientific, cultural, and astrological links are kept separate.
SpaceX is an American aerospace company that designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft.
SpaceX's orbital launch and catch complex at Starbase for the fully reusable Starship and Super Heavy.
SpaceX's methane/LOX full-flow staged-combustion engine for Starship and its Super Heavy booster — one of very few full-flow engines ever flown, designed for rapid reuse. Thrust has risen across versions.
Russia's modular heavy-lift launcher built from common URM core boosters and burning kerosene/LOX, intended to replace the Proton.
A medium-lift rocket operated by Northrop Grumman that launched Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the ISS; the flown Antares 230+ retired in 2023 after its Russian/Ukrainian first-stage supply was cut, pending the U.S.-built Antares 330.
Europe's first launcher, which established independent access to space and orbited the Giotto probe to Halley's Comet.
An uprated single-payload development of Ariane 1 with a more powerful third stage.
An Ariane variant adding two solid strap-on boosters and dual-payload capability for commercial satellites.
A highly successful and flexible Ariane variant with multiple booster configurations that dominated the commercial launch market in the 1990s.
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