SpaceX's Elon Musk says the first orbital flight of his towering Starship could come in another month or two. While he expects “bumps in the road,” he's confident Starship will reach orbit by the end of this year.
FILE - Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk has tweeted his way into trouble with another federal agency, this time the National Labor Relations Board. SpaceX’s Elon Musk said Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 that the first orbital flight of his towering Starship _ the world's most powerful rocket ever built could come in another month or two.
FILE - Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk has tweeted his way into trouble with another federal agency, this time the National Labor Relations Board. SpaceX’s Elon Musk said Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 that the first orbital flight of his towering Starship _ the world's most powerful rocket ever built could come in another month or two.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s Elon Musk said Thursday that the first orbital flight of his towering Starship — the world’s most powerful rocket ever built — could come in another month or two.Musk provided his first major Starship update in more than two years while standing alongside the 390-foot rocket at SpaceX’s Texas spaceport. He urged the nighttime crowd, “Let’s make this real!”NASA plans to use the fully reusable Starship to land astronauts on the moon as early as 2025.
“There will probably be a few bumps in the road, but we want to iron those out with satellite missions and test missions” before putting people on board, he said. SpaceX’s Super Heavy first-stage booster has yet to blast off. But the futuristic, bullet-shaped, steel Starship — perched on top and serving as the upper stage — successfully launched and landed on its own last May, following a series of spectacular explosions. The rocketship soared more than 6 miles .
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