If all goes to plan, Starship will overtake NASA's SLS to become the world's most powerful operational rocket.
, though, Ars Technica's senior space editor Eric Berger cited sources stating that the launch attempt could take place as soon as Monday, April 10. Musk did point out that SpaceX is awaiting Federal Aviation Authority approval before launch, so that does have the potential to move the date back a little.
It's worth noting, however, that even if SpaceX does launch Starship next week, the massive Mars rocket is not guaranteed to reach orbit. Musk recently wrote on Twitter that Starship has a roughly of reaching orbit on its first attempt. "I'm not saying it will get to orbit, but I am guaranteeing excitement," he added., meaning it carried out all launch operations up to the final seconds of the countdown.With that key milestone out of the way, SpaceX has been progressively working towards Starship's first orbital launch attempt.
Ahead of the OFT, technicians at SpaceX's Starbase launch facility in South Texas have added shielding to the launch mount, which will be subjected to extreme heat from the 33
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