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Starship is a powerful and versatile spacecraft and rocket system that can carry crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Learn about its design, capabilities, engines, and missions to develop a Moon base and enable interplanetary transportation.
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As of 2024, Starship is in development with an iterative and incremental approach, involving test flights of prototype vehicles, which often end in the destruction of the test vehicle. As a successor to SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, Starship will perform a wide range of space missions.
Mar 14, 2024 · SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — SpaceX's Starship megarocket, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, reached orbital speed for the first time Thursday in a historic third test flight from...
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- Josh Dinner
Apr 20, 2023 · April 20, 2023, 12:50 p.m. ET. Kenneth Chang. Reporting on spaceflight. Even a completely successful launch would have only set up more test flights. SpaceX’s Starship rocket successfully...
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- James Dobbins
Nov 18, 2023 · SpaceX, Elon Musk's spaceflight company, launched its Starship rocket from the coast of South Texas on Saturday, a mammoth vehicle that could alter the future of space transportation and help...
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- Kenneth Chang
Mar 14, 2024 · At 8:25 a.m. Central time, Starship — the biggest and most powerful rocket ever to fly — lifted off from the coast of South Texas. The ascent was smooth, with the upper Starship stage reaching...
www.spacex.com /vehicles /starship / Specifications; Spacecraft type: Crewed, reusable: Launch mass: 1,300 t (2,866,000 lb) Dry mass ~100 t (220,000 lb) Crew capacity: Up to 100 (planned) Volume: 1,000 m 3 (35,000 cu ft) Dimensions; Height: 50.3 m (165 ft) Diameter: 9 m (30 ft) Wingspan: 17 m (56 ft) Capacity; Payload to LEO; Mass: Reusable ...
