SpaceX Big Falcon Ship above Earth by James Vaughan

Picture of the Day 24/9/2018 - the 2nd stage of SpaceX's Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) - the Big Falcon Ship/Spaceship (BFS) v2018 above Earth by photographer and concept artist James Vaughan. More of his aerospace and defense concept art here.

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Scientist in a Mars base laboratory by sabotSsnake

Picture of the Day 23/9/2018 - Scientist in a Mars base laboratory by fantasy artist Darien Liddell (sabotSsnake) from New Zealand. More of his art here.

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SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket animations

SpaceX has posted the animation files from Elon Musk's presentation of the updated Big Falcon Rocket on their site.

Big Falcon Rocket animation:



Rotating vertical Big Falcon Ship animation:

Fan created image of SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket launch

Picture of the Day 19/9/2018 - SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) v2018 launch by Reddit user DragonRider52.

SpaceX Big Falcon Ship - Tintin edition

Picture of the Day 18/9/2018 - Tintin edition of SpaceX Big Falcon Ship v2018; created by Reddit user Twisp56 :)

Official schematics for Big Falcon Rocket v2018 by Elon Musk, SpaceX

Today SpaceX CEO and lead designer Elon Musk provided an update of SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) design and announced the first BFR Lunar mission, orbiting the Moon in 2023.

Here are video, schematics and images from his presentation (open link in new tab to view image in full resolution). Animations of the Big Falcon Rocket from presentation HERE.

Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) and Big Falcon Ship/Spaceship (BFS) v2018 schematics:

Big Falcon Rocket launch:

Watch SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket update livestream here

The livestream will start on September 17, at 18:00 PT

Past evolution of the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) design:

• Official schematics for larger ITS by Elon Musk at IAC 2016 (September 2016)
• Official schematics for BFR by Elon Musk at IAC 2017 (September 2017)
• Updated design for BFR by Gwynne Shotwell at TED 2018 (April 2018)

SpaceX Big Falcon Ship passing International Space Station

The 2nd stage of SpaceX's Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) - the Big Falcon Ship (BFS) - passing International Space Station (ISS) - a short clip from longer video by Hazegrayart.

Mars Police illustrations by Matt Chinworth

Illustrations of Mars police's daily life by American illustrator Matt Chinworth for an article "How Will Police Solve Murders on Mars?" in The Atlantic. More of his illustrations here.

SpaceX ITS spaceship fleet on Mars by James Vaughan

Picture of the Day 15/9/2018 - SpaceX ITS (larger, 2016 version of Big Falcon Rocket) spaceship fleet on Mars by photographer and concept artist James Vaughan. More of his aerospace and defense concept art here.