Starship Test
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After years of anticipation, SpaceX's £2.4 billion ($3 billion) Starship – the vehicle that will one day take humans to Mars – is finally set to make its first orbital flight.
According to the government's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Starship will blast off from SpaceX's site in Boca Chica, Texas, on Monday, April 10.
Despite this being in just five days, Elon Musk's firm still needs a launch licence for the event before it can take place, although this could be granted by Monday.
Musk has already warned that there's a 50 per cent chance that Starship will explode during lift-off, adding that the launch 'won't be boring'.
SpaceX's historic launch will act as an early milestone in Musk's ambition to carry people and cargo to the moon and Mars, making us a 'multiplanetary' species.
Starship at SpaceX's orbital launch site in Brownsville, Texas on April 4, 2023. The company hopes to test the orbital class launch vehicle in April
A planning notice posted by the FAA has said the orbital launch's primary expected date is April 10, but it's listed backup dates as April 11 and 12.
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After years of anticipation, SpaceX's £2.4 billion ($3 billion) Starship – the vehicle that will one day take humans to Mars – is finally set to make its first orbital flight.
According to the government's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Starship will blast off from SpaceX's site in Boca Chica, Texas, on Monday, April 10.
Despite this being in just five days, Elon Musk's firm still needs a launch licence for the event before it can take place, although this could be granted by Monday.
Musk has already warned that there's a 50 per cent chance that Starship will explode during lift-off, adding that the launch 'won't be boring'.
SpaceX's historic launch will act as an early milestone in Musk's ambition to carry people and cargo to the moon and Mars, making us a 'multiplanetary' species.
Starship at SpaceX's orbital launch site in Brownsville, Texas on April 4, 2023. The company hopes to test the orbital class launch vehicle in April
A planning notice posted by the FAA has said the orbital launch's primary expected date is April 10, but it's listed backup dates as April 11 and 12.
