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The Tesla Roadster, and the astronaut doll, against the background of the Earth. No this is not a joke. Source: SpaceX.

SpaceX launched a car into deep space on the world's most powerful launcher

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The heavy Falcon on the launch pad, on the eve of the maiden flight. Source: SpaceX.

Today: the maiden flight of the heavy Falcon; Musk: "50% chance of success"

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The Falcon Heavy during the Hestian Burner experiment. Source: Elon Musk's Twitter page.

The heavy Falcon came to life in a static combustion test for its 27 engines

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The illuminated trail left behind by the Falcon 9 launcher, which stunned the people of California last Friday. Photography: Kevin Gill.

2017: SpaceX's incredible year

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SpaceX launched a used Dragon spacecraft, atop a used Falcon 9 launcher

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The successful landing of the New Shepard launcher yesterday (December 12) at the Blue Origin launch site in West Texas. Source: Blue Origin.

Blue Origin is taking another step towards tourist flights into space

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China has released very few details about the space plane it is developing, not even a single simulation or diagram explaining its shape. The above illustration shows a simulation of the Rockwell X-30 space plane, which was canceled in 1993. Source: James Schultz, NASA.

China is developing a multipurpose space plane that will be launched for the first time in 2020

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The used Falcon 9 soars into the sky in yesterday's successful launch. Source: SpaceX.

SpaceX launched a used Falcon 9 launcher for the third time - and landed it on a rig in the middle of the sea

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Simulation of the BFR spacecraft taking off from Mars back to Earth. The weak gravity of Mars, together with its thin atmosphere, allow a spacecraft to take off into space without the need for the huge launcher that it carried on its launch from Earth. Source: SpaceX.

Elon Musk reveals the way he will pay for his giant Mars rover

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Falcon 9 launch in a previous mission in June 2016. Source: SpaceX.

SpaceX is back in action for the first time since the explosion of the Falcon 9 launcher

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Blue Origin founder, tycoon Jeff Bezos, unveils the company's launch site at the Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida in a ceremony held in 2015, from which the new launcher New Glen will be launched.

Blue Origin reveals a huge launcher that will compete with SpaceX's Falcon 9

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Concept of spaceships for multiple use. Figure: Indian Space Research Organization ISRO

India will launch an experimental reusable launcher in June * China has also begun developing a similar device that will be launched in 2020

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