SpaceX has shared a stunning shot of its next-generation SuperHeavy booster on the launchpad ahead of the vehicle's second test flight.
The image shows the most powerful rocket in the world under a starlit sky at SpaceX’s Starbase site in Boca Chica, Texas. At the bottom of the booster we can see some of the Super Heavy’s 33 Raptor engines that will blast the rocket to orbit.
Related Booster 9, as this particular Super Heavy is called, will soon undergo ground-based testing ahead of launch. It follows a failed mission in April when the uncrewed rocket suffered catastrophic issues minutes after launch on what was supposed to be first-ever orbital flight. With the rocket losing control, mission operators were forced to send a self-destruct command that blew up the Super Heavy in the sky.
Once fully tested, SpaceX wants to use the vehicle for crew and cargo missions to the moon and even Mars. The American spaceflight company already has a contract with NASA to use a modified version of the Starship spacecraft to put the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface as part of the highly anticipated Artemis III mission, currently scheduled for 2025.
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