Official: updated design of SpaceX's Big Falcon Ship and big announcement on September 17

SpaceX has posted image featuring an updated design of the 2nd stage of Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) - the Big Falcon Ship (BFS) - and informed that on Monday, September 17 at 18:00 PT there will be an announcement of the first Lunar BFR mission with a private passenger flying around the Moon. Full message from SpaceX here:

"SpaceX has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch vehicle - an important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of traveling to space. Only 24 humans have been to the Moon in history. No one has visited since the last Apollo mission in 1972. Find out who’s flying and why on Monday, September 17 at 6pm PT."

Evolution of the 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)

With every iteration the SpaceX "Mars rocket" looks more and more like your stereotypical rocket from the 1950s :)

Close-up of the Big Falcon Ship from the official image:

... and the full image with BFS orbiting the Moon (open link in new tab to view in full resolution):

Unofficial diagram for the updated design by Reddit user forteefly (open link in new tab to view in full resolution):

SpaceX BFR spaceship approaching Phobos by Mack Crawford

Picture of the Day 26/8/2018 - SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) spaceship (BFS) approaching Phobos by digital artist Mack Crawford (brickmack). More of his space concept art here.

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Big Falcon Rocket images by Gravitation Innovation

There has been released a bunch of stunning unofficial SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) render images created by David Romax (Gravitation Innovation). Open image link in new tab to view images in higher resolution:

Landing burn of SpaceX BFR spaceship

Picture of the Day 20/6/2018 - Landing burn of SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) spaceship (BFS) by British digital artist Charlie Burgess. More of his art here.

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SpaceX BFR spaceship docking to Bigelow orbital station

Picture of the Day 11/6/2018 - SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) spaceship (BFS) docking to Bigelow orbital space station consisting of three B330 inflatable modules; fan vision by Reddit user brickmack (Mack Crawford). More of his space concept art here.

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SpaceX BFR spaceship on Mars at evening

Picture of the Day 6/6/2018 - SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) spaceship (BFS) on Mars at evening; fan vision by Instagram user astro_kerman from Kerbal Space Program rocket simulation game with Tundra Exploration Mod.

Cutaway diagram of SpaceX Big Falcon Ship

Unofficial cutaway diagram of the 2nd stage of SpaceX's Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) - Big Falcon Ship/Spaceship (BFS) - by Nick Oberg. Size comparison with Space Shuttle, Boeing 737, Apollo CSM/LM and Tesla Roadster in the lower left corner.

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Original resolution (8.7MB) diagram here.

More speculative internal layouts of Starship by SpaceX fans:

• Starship interior concept for 20 to 40 passengers by Paul King + VR tour
• Starship interior concept for 100 passengers by Joseph Lantz
• Animation of Starship interior concept by DeepSpaceCourier
• Cutaway schematic of Starship interior by Tom Dixon & Austin Barnard [not speculative]
• Starship interior concept for 64 passengers by Erik Corshammar & smallstars
• Cutaway diagram of Lunar Starship by Rocket Posters
• Starship interior concept for 100 passengers by Rick Kiessig & Michel Lamontagne
• Starship interior concept by Jim Murphy
• Speculative internal structure of Starship by William Falconer-Beach
• Speculative internal layout of Starship by Michel Lamontagne
• Cutaway diagram of Starship by Julian Schindler

Skylon spaceplane and BFR spaceship docked to ISS

Picture of the Day 12/5/2018 - fan vision of Skylon spaceplane and SpaceX's Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) spaceship docked to International Space Station (ISS) - an image from the video animation of Skylon spaceplane launch created by Reddit user Hazegrayart.

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Building orbital space station with Big Falcon Rocket (BFR)

Picture of the Day 30/4/2018 - Building orbital space station with the help of SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) spaceships (BFS); fan vision by Reddit user brickmack (Mack Crawford). More of his space concept art here.

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SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket launch platform in New York Bay by Davorin Mesarič

Picture of the Day 27/4/2018 - fan visualization of SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) launch platform in New York Bay by Slovenian designer Davorin Mesarič.

SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket approaching Mars; official design

Picture of the Day 23/4/2018 - SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) spaceship (BFS) approaching Mars; official design presented by SpaceX's president & COO Gwynne Shotwell at TED 2018 conference. More images of BFR from her presentation here.

Full official schematics for BFR by Elon Musk at IAC 2017

Unloading cargo from SpaceX BFR spaceship on the Moon

Picture of the Day 22/4/2018 - Unloading cargo from SpaceX BFR spaceship (BFS) on the Moon; fan vision by Reddit user brickmack (Mack Crawford).

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SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket launch; images from Shotwell's latest presentation

The president & COO of SpaceX Gwynne Shotwell gave a presentation about the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) at TED 2018 conference. Here are some images of the rocket from her presentation (open link in new tab to view image in full resolution).

SpaceX crew BFR launching from Earth:

Illustration of SpaceX BFR spaceship by Elizabeth Brockway

Picture of the Day 8/4/2018 - Illustration of SpaceX's BFR crew spaceship (BFS) for The Daily Beast by Elizabeth Brockway.

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Video animation: SpaceX BFR spaceship landing on the Moon

Fan-made video animation of SpaceX BFR spaceship (BFS) landing on the Moon; created by Reddit user Hazegrayart.

SpaceX BFR spaceships entering Mars atmosphere

Picture of the Day 21/2/2018 - a painting of two SpaceX's BFR crew spaceships (BFS) entering Mars' atmosphere; created by Reddit user Throwaway__l2.

SpaceX BFR spaceship landing in Martian crater

Picture of the Day 28/1/2018 - SpaceX's BFR spaceship (BFS) landing in Martian crater - an image from the video animation of BFS landing on Mars created by Reddit user Hazegrayart.

SpaceX BFR spaceship landing on Mars

Picture of the Day 25/12/2017 - SpaceX's BFR spaceship (BFS) landing on Mars - an image from the video animation of BFS landing on Mars created by Reddit user Hazegrayart.

SpaceX BFR spaceship entering Mars atmosphere

Picture of the Day 25/11/2017 - SpaceX's BFR spaceship (BFS) entering Mars atmosphere - an image from the video animation of BFS landing on Mars created by Reddit user Hazegrayart.

SpaceX BFR spaceship above Mars

Picture of the Day 15/11/2017 - SpaceX's BFR spaceship (BFS) above Mars - an image from the video animation of BFS landing on Mars created by Reddit user Hazegrayart.