This is the VOA Special English voaspecialenglish.com Technology Report | HTTP A U.S. space company says a powerful new rocket would be ready to start a test by the end of next year. The company Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX. His new rocket, the Falcon is called Heavy. Company officials say that it is capable of delivering, satellites or spacecraft weighing up to fifty-three tons into orbit. The weight of the load is twice the capacity of NASA's Space Shuttle. SpaceAgency will retire its shuttle after thirty years. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX. He says, fifty-three tons more than the gross vehicle weight of a Boeing 737 with 136 passengers, baggage and fuel. This is more than any load capacity of the spacecraft in history, he says, apart from the Saturn Five. NASA has used Saturn Five rockets during his Apollo and Skylab programs in the sixties and seventies. A Saturn Five has launched the Apollo 11 missionThe first man landed on the moon 1969th missiles were withdrawn from service in 1973. But remain the most powerful rocket ever built.Elon Musk says the Falcon is the heavy second most powerful general. He says it's designed to carry more than satellites and other equipment to do in space. He says the rocket was developed to meet NASA safety reviews of human flight. So one day could be used to transport astronauts and other travelers to be...
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