SpaceX Moon Base Alpha

Picture of the Day 28/10/2017 - human base on the Moon, featuring a group of habitats covered with a layer of lunar regolith and a skybridge for easy access to landed SpaceX's BFR spaceships (BFS) - a closeup from official Moon Base Alpha concept image by SpaceX.

SpaceX base on Mars in late 2030s

Picture of the Day 21/10/2017 - SpaceX base on Mars, featuring a transparent geodesic dome - a closeup from official Mars City concept image by SpaceX. Acording to our speculated Mars Colonization Timeline the first human base on Mars could be developed to the pictured level in late 2030s.

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SpaceX BFR spaceship at takeoff by Sam Taylor

Picture of the Day 15/10/2017 - SpaceX BFR spaceship at takeoff by digital artist Sam Taylor. The view for the passengers will be spectacular!

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Poster with SpaceX BFR spaceship by Sam Taylor

Digital artist Sam Taylor has made a poster with SpaceX BFR crew spaceship in the blackness of space - "See you in 0:30".

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SpaceX BFR spaceship docked to International Space Station

Picture of the Day 8/10/2017 - Fan vision of SpaceX BFR crew spaceship docked to International Space Station (ISS) next to a Dragon 2 capsule; created by Reddit user brickmack (Mack Crawford).

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Spaceship landing on Mars from Surviving Mars game

Picture of the Day 5/10/2017 - SpaceX ITS 2016 style spaceship landing on Mars from upcoming Mars city building game "Surviving Mars" by Paradox Interactive.

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SpaceX BFR spaceship landing on Mars

Picture of the Day 30/9/2017 - SpaceX BFR spaceship landing on Mars. Official design by SpaceX.

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"Making life multiplanetary". Official schematics for BFR by Elon Musk, SpaceX

Today SpaceX CEO and lead designer Elon Musk provided an update of SpaceX vision to make life multiplanetary and colonize Mars. Previous name for the colonization class SpaceX booster&spaceship - "Interplanetary Transport System" - has been dropped and now Musk referred to it by the old acronym - BFR*.

Here are video, schematics and images from his presentation (open link in new tab to view image in full resolution):

Lunar surface missions:

SpaceX Mars mission architecture and Mars Base Alpha buildup:

SpaceX spaceships near the Mars City

Picture of the Day 29/9/2017 - Several SpaceX spaceships near the Mars City. Official design by SpaceX.

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Updated with the 4K quality image on 19th October, 2017.

Poster with front view of SpaceX ITS spaceship by Sam Taylor

Digital artist Sam Taylor has made an impressive poster with a front view of SpaceX ITS spaceship.
"Explore Mars. Interplanetary Transport System"

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SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk will give an update to Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) during his presentation at the 2017 International Astronautical Conference in Adelaide, Australia, September 29, 04:30 UTC.

Drawing of SpaceX ITS spaceship landing on Mars by Abby Garrett

Picture of the Day 23/9/2017 - Pencil drawing of a SpaceX ITS spaceship landing on Mars by American space illustrator Abby Garrett. More of her art here.

SpaceX ITS spaceship at Mars Base Alpha by Mark Thrimm

Picture of the Day 20/9/2017 - SpaceX ITS spaceship at Mars Base Alpha from Kerbal Space Program simulation game mod by Mark Thrimm.

Here you can watch the full video presentation of the mod:

SpaceX Dragon 2 docked to Bigelow orbital station

Picture of the Day 18/9/2017 - SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft docked to Bigelow commercial orbital space station consisting of three B330 inflatable modules and a propulsion tug; a concept art by Bigelow Aerospace.

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A fleet of SpaceX ITS spaceships on Mars by Sam Taylor

Picture of the Day 16/9/2017 - a fleet of SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) spaceships has landed on Mars; a vision by digital artist Sam Taylor. Note the astronauts are already digging some systems (ISRU components? super-small modular nuclear reactors?) under the layer of Martian regolith.

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SpaceX downscaled ITS spaceship landing on Mars

Fan vision of possible SpaceX's scaled down version of the ITS spaceship (for 9m booster) landing on Mars close to another ship which has already landed; created by NASASpaceFlight.com forum members redliox and tea monster (Owen Egan).

We will learn the actual SpaceX design for the scaled down version of the Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) only during Elon Musk's presentation at the 2017 International Astronautical Conference in Adelaide, Australia, September 29.

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SpaceX Mars orbital station by Encho Enchev

Picture of the Day 26/8/2017 - Concept art for SpaceX Mars orbital station by Encho Enchev from Ubisoft.
More of his concept art here.

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SpaceX downscaled ITS spaceship comparison

Fan vision of possible SpaceX's scaled down version of the ITS cargo spaceship (for 9m booster) compared with the original ITS crew spaceship (for 12m booster), Space Shuttle, Orion and Dragon; created by NASASpaceFlight.com forum member, Canadian design engineer Michel Lamontagne. More of his spaceship renderings here.

We will learn the actual SpaceX design for the scaled down version of the Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) only during Elon Musk's presentation at the 2017 International Astronautical Conference in Adelaide, Australia, September 29.

SpaceX ITS spaceships at Mars Base Alpha by Maciej Rebisz

Picture of the Day 12/7/2017 - SpaceX ITS spaceships at Mars Base Alpha or "Alpha Site" by Polish digital painter Maciej Rebisz. More of his art here.

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Some close-ups of the painting:

SpaceX spaceship on Mars by Alexandra Hodgson

Picture of the Day 25/6/2017 - "Expanding to New Horizons" - SpaceX downscaled ITS spaceship on Mars by Canadian illustrator Alexandra Hodgson. More of her concept art here.

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SpaceX's Heart of Gold spaceship leaving Earth by Jon Ross

Picture of the Day 16/5/2017 - SpaceX's 1st Mars Colonial Transporter "Heart of Gold" performs its Trans-Mars Injection burn, an image by Jon Ross.

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