Neowin News Feed for: Spaceship

UKSA and Rolls-Royce to study nuclear-powered space travel

Paul Hill — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:20:01 +0000

The UK Space Agency is going to work with Rolls-Royce to investigate nuclear propulsion. If developed, a nuclear rocket would get to Mars in half the time it currently takes with today's technology. Read more...

SpaceX unveils a Users Guide for its Starship rocket

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 06:10:01 +0000

The Users Guide describes the crewed and uncrewed payload configurations, information on Acoustics, and the various Environments of the Starship rocket. No pricing details are given, however. Read more...

SpaceX and Elon Musk want to put Starship in orbit in half a year, and other updates

Ather Fawaz — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 07:38:01 +0000

In a presentation, Musk announced his plans to put Starship into orbit in about six months. He also elucidated the design and mechanical details of the rocket that is meant to drive space travel. Read more...

Apple's new spaceship-like campus to be called 'Apple Park', opening in April

Usama Jawad — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:56:01 +0000

Apple has stated that its futuristic spaceship-like campus will be called Apple Park, and that it will be open to employees in April. The facility also houses a theater named after Steve Jobs. Read more...

Apple's "Spaceship" Campus 2 is $2 billion over budget, behind schedule

Max Slater-Robins — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:01:20 +0000

Apple's new "Spaceship" Campus 2 is reportedly $2 billion over budget and will be a year late. According to BusinessWeek, the project is not going according to plan, with some angry investors. Read more...

Apple updates its upcoming UFO-like campus design

John Callaham — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:01:46 +0000

Apple has submitted an update for its plans to build a new worldwide headquarters, with a UFO-like building design, to the city of Cupertino, California this week. Read more...

Virgin unveils spaceship designs

Tom Warren — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:31:43 +0000

Virgin Galactic has released the final design of the launch system that will take fare-paying passengers into space. It is based on the X-Prize-winning SpaceShipOne concept - a rocket ship that is lifted initially... Read more...