spaceX | designboom.com https://www.designboom.com/tag/spacex/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:50:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 MIT’s rocket horizon project reimagines spaceX starship HLS as sustainable lunar habitats https://www.designboom.com/readers/mit-rocket-horizon-spacex-starship-hls-sustainable-lunar-habitats-08-26-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/readers/mit-rocket-horizon-spacex-starship-hls-sustainable-lunar-habitats-08-26-2024/#respond Mon, 26 Aug 2024 14:45:45 +0000 RW https://www.designboom.com/?p=1085580

the MIT approach minimizes the need for on-site construction, enabling a faster habitat setup that supports human life on the moon.

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inflatable space habitats as big as stadiums to fly with spaceX out of earth in 2026 https://www.designboom.com/architecture/inflatable-space-habitats-max-spacex-2026-04-30-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/inflatable-space-habitats-max-spacex-2026-04-30-2024/#respond Mon, 29 Apr 2024 22:45:59 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1061591

max space’s goal is to have a series of scalable and inflatable space habitats and stations, ranging from 20 m³ to 100 m³ initially, then up to over 10,000 m³ by 2030.

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first space factory now in orbit to create pharmaceutical products & ship them back to earth https://www.designboom.com/technology/first-space-factory-orbit-varda-space-industries-rocket-lab-06-26-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/first-space-factory-orbit-varda-space-industries-rocket-lab-06-26-2023/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2023 17:15:20 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1000995

varda space industries' test journey for the first space factory hopes to produce medicines in microgravity and bring them back to earth.

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SAGA’s multicolored circadian light panel helps astronauts in space beat insomnia https://www.designboom.com/technology/saga-multicolored-circadian-light-panel-astronauts-insomnia-03-17-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/saga-multicolored-circadian-light-panel-astronauts-insomnia-03-17-2023/#respond Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:30:35 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=974965

the artificial lamp is set to fly to the international space station to see if it can improve the sleeping patterns of astronauts.

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eat your millionaire: MSCHF popsicles designed as the world’s richest people https://www.designboom.com/design/mschf-eat-the-rich-popsicles-richest-millionaire-07-18-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/design/mschf-eat-the-rich-popsicles-richest-millionaire-07-18-2022/#respond Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:50:38 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=915848

the designs of MSCHF’s eat the rich popsicles include mark zuckerberg, bill gates, elon musk, jeff bezos, and jack ma.

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SpaceX + NASA just launched crew-4 with the first Black woman to join the ISS crew https://www.designboom.com/technology/spacex-nasa-crew-4-first-black-woman-iss-04-27-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/spacex-nasa-crew-4-first-black-woman-iss-04-27-2022/#respond Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:30:02 +0000 juliana neira I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=895691

the crew-4 mission is a historic trip as it is sending the first black woman to the ISS — jessica watkins.

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the first private astronaut mission made it to the ISS https://www.designboom.com/technology/ax-1-iss-private-space-mission-axiom-03-29-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/ax-1-iss-private-space-mission-axiom-03-29-2022/#respond Mon, 11 Apr 2022 09:00:12 +0000 juliana neira I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=887780

a SpaceX tourism mission just arrived at the international space station.

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former spaceX engineers raise $50M to build autonomous freight trains https://www.designboom.com/technology/former-spacex-engineers-50m-autonomous-freight-trains-01-21-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/former-spacex-engineers-50m-autonomous-freight-trains-01-21-2022/#respond Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:00:06 +0000 lynne myers I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=869908

the three engineers are building a cleaner and more efficient system for transporting freight across the united states.

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assembly OSM learns from boeing and spaceX to build smarter and faster housing https://www.designboom.com/architecture/assembly-osm-boeing-spacex-tesla-modular-housing-platform-10-27-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/assembly-osm-boeing-spacex-tesla-modular-housing-platform-10-27-2021/#respond Wed, 27 Oct 2021 06:45:09 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=847210

designboom visits the assembly OSM factory to learn how the team will modulate and revolutionize housing construction.

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spaceX successfully reuses the falcon 9 spacecraft ten times https://www.designboom.com/technology/spacex-reuses-falcon-9-ten-times-05-10-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/spacex-reuses-falcon-9-ten-times-05-10-2021/#respond Mon, 10 May 2021 14:16:07 +0000 juliana neira I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=799890

this launch marked spaceX’s 14th launch of the year but was particularly special because it was the falcon 9’s 10th launch and landing attempt.

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