SpaceX rolls out Starship 6 for next big test of world’s biggest rocket
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- Oct 24, 2024
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October 24, 2024 at 9:31 AM
SpaceX rolled out the Super Heavy booster for its next Starship flight test at its Starbase facility in Texas on 22 October, 2024 (SpaceX)
SpaceX has moved the latest version of its Starship rocket to the launchpad ahead of new tests for the Mars-bound craft.
Starship’s Super Heavy booster, which forms the first stage of the world’s biggest rocket, was rolled out less than two weeks after SpaceX’s last successful test flight that saw the rocket caught by the launch tower’s “chopsticks” for the first time.
The rapid test schedule forms part of SpaceX’s goal of demonstrating a “significant number” of successful Starship launches in order to ready it for the first crewed missions.
These are currently scheduled to take place in September 2026 as part of Nasa’s Artemis program to return astronauts to the surface of the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
“Flight 6 Super Heavy booster moved to the Starbase pad for testing,” SpaceX posted on X, together with images of the rocket. “The move comes just one week after returning the first booster caught following launch.”
Flight 6 Super Heavy booster moved to the Starbase pad for testing. The move comes just one week after returning the first booster caught following launch pic.twitter.com/iwmqCeF3tE
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