The vehicle in question is slated to launch on the first-ever Starship orbital test flight.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled this view of the company's Starship SN20 prototype attached to its Super Heavy booster near Boca Chica village in South Texas on Feb. 10, 2022 ahead of a project update.SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled this view of the company's Starship SN20 prototype being attached to its Super Heavy booster near Boca Chica village in South Texas on Feb. 9, 2022 ahead of a project update.
SpaceX's Starship is a stainless-steel rocket that stands 165 feet tall and is designed to carry astronauts on deep-space missions to the moon, Mars or beyond. NASA has tapped Starship to land itsastronauts in the moon in 2025 or thereabouts, and SpaceX has already sold one flight around the moon with the vehicle to Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.
The company will launch the massive rocket from its Starbase facility using Super Heavy, itself a giant rocket that stands 230 feet tall.
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