with one of the pressure valves. fully stacked, starship stands about 120 metres tall towering over nasa s saturn v, which launched the apollo missions, at 111m tall. and compare that to nasa s artemis rocket, 98m tall, which will one day return astronauts to the moon. it has plenty of oomph too around 17 million pounds of thrust, which has almost twice the power of the artemis rocket. this is a beast! with more on this, i m joined by our science correspondentjonathan amos. good evening to you, jonathan. so what was the problem, at the end of the day? what was the problem, at the end of the da ? ,, w what was the problem, at the end of the da ? ,, n ., what was the problem, at the end of theda ? ,, ., , ., what was the problem, at the end of the day? it i the day? sticky valve, christian. it is alwa s the day? sticky valve, christian. it is always the the day? sticky valve, christian. it is always the sticky the day? sticky valve, christian. it is always the sticky valve! - the
astronauts to the moon and eventually beyond. starship is set to launch on monday at 7:00am, local time. the spacecraft consists of a reusable capsule that carries crew and cargo and the first stage super heavy booster rocket. starship generates 17 million pounds of thrust, more than double that of the saturn v rockets used to send apollo astronauts to the moon. just reminding of the latest from sudan. the doctors central committee telling us that 56 people have been killed, 595 people have been killed, 595 people injured after heavy fighting between rival military factions with the un secretary general calling for an immediate ceasefire. fighting has continued deep into the night with government airstrikes reported on rfds positions in cities while the air force had earlier warned civilians to stay inside. stay with us here on bbc news.
much quicker than the doubters ever thought was possible. just in the last few days, the base of the spire which we saw being assembled earlier has been transported here to paris and hoisted into place. soon, they will be building upwards and, by the end of the year, it s confidently expected that there will be a new feature on the paris skyline. or, rather, a very old one the spire of notre dame. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. spacex plans to carry out its first test flight on monday of starship, the most powerful rocket eve built, designed to send astronauts to the moon and eventually beyond. starship is set to launch from the us state of texas, on monday at 7:00am local time. the spacecraft consists of a resuable capsule that carries crew and cargo and the first stage super heavy booster rocket. starship generates 17 million of thrust, more than double that of the saturn v rockets used to send apollo astronauts to the moon.
The highly anticipated maiden flight of the world's most powerful rocket could take place on Monday, though SpaceX still has to overcome one particular hurdle.