SpaceX postpones the second launch of its Starship Moon Rocket on Saturday
Elon Musk's private space company hopes for better performance from the giant rocket, which is the most powerful ever launched.
SpaceX prepares for the second test flight of Starship, the giant rocket being built to carry NASA astronauts to the surface of the Moon and Elon Musk's ambitions to Mars . The Federal Aviation Administration granted regulatory approval for the launch on Wednesday.
While the company had planned a Friday launch, Mr. Musk announced on X on Thursday, the social network site formerly known as Twitter that it also owns, that SpaceX was moving the flight to Saturday because a part of the rocket needed to be replaced.
Here what you need to know about the launch.
When will the launch take place and how can I watch it?Spacecraft launches from Boca Chica, Texas, a site located on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, near the town of Brownsville which SpaceX has nicknamed Starbase.
The flight could take off as early as 8 a.m. local time. 'East, Saturday. SpaceX will broadcast the launch live on Test missions often start later in a launch window as flight managers work to ensure systems perform as expected.
If the flight is successful fully, Starship will complete a partial voyage around the Earth before diving into the Pacific Ocean off the island of Kauai.
What is Starship?For NASA, Starship is a future lunar lander for astronauts under the Artemis missions. But for Mr. Musk, founder and chief executive of SpaceX, the vehicle is central to his vision of transporting colonists to the Red Planet. That means Starship has to be big.
Stacked on top of what SpaceX calls a Super Heavy booster, the Starship rocket system will, by almost any measure, be the largest and the most powerful ever built.
It is the tallest rocket ever built: 394 feet high, almost 90 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty. Freedom, including pedestal.
It is designed to be completely reusable. The Super Heavy booster is expected to land much like those on SpaceX's smaller Falcon 9 rockets, and Starship will be able to return from space by collapsing through the atmosphere like a parachutist before pivoting to a vertical position for landing . a question about the SpaceX launch?
Elon Musk's private space company hopes for better performance from the giant rocket, which is the most powerful ever launched.
SpaceX prepares for the second test flight of Starship, the giant rocket being built to carry NASA astronauts to the surface of the Moon and Elon Musk's ambitions to Mars . The Federal Aviation Administration granted regulatory approval for the launch on Wednesday.
While the company had planned a Friday launch, Mr. Musk announced on X on Thursday, the social network site formerly known as Twitter that it also owns, that SpaceX was moving the flight to Saturday because a part of the rocket needed to be replaced.
Here what you need to know about the launch.
When will the launch take place and how can I watch it?Spacecraft launches from Boca Chica, Texas, a site located on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, near the town of Brownsville which SpaceX has nicknamed Starbase.
The flight could take off as early as 8 a.m. local time. 'East, Saturday. SpaceX will broadcast the launch live on Test missions often start later in a launch window as flight managers work to ensure systems perform as expected.
If the flight is successful fully, Starship will complete a partial voyage around the Earth before diving into the Pacific Ocean off the island of Kauai.
What is Starship?For NASA, Starship is a future lunar lander for astronauts under the Artemis missions. But for Mr. Musk, founder and chief executive of SpaceX, the vehicle is central to his vision of transporting colonists to the Red Planet. That means Starship has to be big.
Stacked on top of what SpaceX calls a Super Heavy booster, the Starship rocket system will, by almost any measure, be the largest and the most powerful ever built.
It is the tallest rocket ever built: 394 feet high, almost 90 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty. Freedom, including pedestal.
It is designed to be completely reusable. The Super Heavy booster is expected to land much like those on SpaceX's smaller Falcon 9 rockets, and Starship will be able to return from space by collapsing through the atmosphere like a parachutist before pivoting to a vertical position for landing . a question about the SpaceX launch?
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