The mission will mark the first time Starship has ever been flown into orbit.
heavy-launch vehicle into space—which company CEO Elon Musk hopes Starship will eventually shuttle humans to the moon and Mars. Besides already being planned for a few satellite launches and crewed missions into space, the behemoth, two-stage launch vehicle will eventually be incorporated into NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions to take American astronauts back to the lunar surface.
While SpaceX has opportunities to launch on Tuesday and Wednesday, systems engineer Kate Tice said on a livestream that they’ll need at least 48 hours before the next launch, likely because ground crews need to recycle all of the propellant that was already loaded onto the rocket.. This is likely a part of a convoluted ploy to launch the Starship rocket on 4/20 because remember: the billionaire is terminally unfunny and desperate for approval.
Not only is it the largest rocket ever built—standing taller than the Statue of Liberty at 394 feet—its design will allow astronauts to go to and from the lunar surface in the same vehicle. The whole design itself consists of two stages: a lower-stage Super Heavy booster with 33 Raptor engines , and the second-stage Starship spacecraft that’ll be used to ferry astronauts and cargo.
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