SpaceX Starship Flight 6 Is Coming, Pre-Launch Test for Super Heavy Now Commencing
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- Oct 23, 2024
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Oct 23 2024, 08:28 AM EDT
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SpaceX revealed that Flight 6's Super Heavy will commence its pre-launch testing which is a routine preparation for the booster rocket before it is stacked with the Starship rocket and proceed with its test flight. It is still unknown if SpaceX will mirror Flight 5's mission, but doing so could have the Starship Flight 6 soaring the skies by next week, towards October's end.
Starship's Future Missions and Its Role on Artemis
SpaceX and Elon Musk are known for being ambitious with their space ventures, and this includes its most powerful rocket built for deep space explorations, the Starship, to fill in its future operations as the main workhorse of the company. Once the Starship proves itself as a capable rocket and receives the green light from authorities, SpaceX wants to launch the rocket as many as 120 missions per year, and it is already getting mixed opinions from rivals.
Three years ago, SpaceX was chosen by NASA to be part of the iconic Artemis III mission which would see the first human landing on the Moon after over 50 years, and it will also feature the first woman coming to the lunar surface. SpaceX's task is to bring humans from the Moon's orbit aboard Orion down to the natural satellite's surface, using a special version of the Starship called the HLS.
SpaceX's Starship Human Landing System (HLS) may be one of the most anticipated spacecraft now as it will play a key role in the historic Artemis III, but this mission still awaits the rocket's readiness come this time. Elon Musk's space company only has less than two years to be ready for Artemis and Starship is looking to test its capabilities as much as it can, with a possible back-to-back launch taking place this month.
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