With the world’s biggest rocket engine ever built in the works, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk provided the first official update on the company’s Starship in over two years. Find out more at 🚀 Engineering
However, before it can take these ambitious trips Starship needs to first demonstrate that it can reach Earth's orbit. SpaceX needs to pass an environmental impact assessment of Starbase, its Boca Chica facility in Texas, from the Federal Aviation Administration before it can make this attempt. Musk expects this assessment to be completed by this month-end.
Starship's first major test includes a 90-minute trip around the Earth during which both the SuperHeavy and the spacecraft will be ditched in the sea. For future missions, however, SpaceX plans to recover both the stages and has evenRaptors and more launch sites
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