SpaceX will also attempt a series of static fire tests.
Static fire tests are a form of wet rehearsal during which Starship s three Raptor engines are fire while the rocket is still tethered to the ground.
Starship is the upper stage of SpaceX s multi-planetary launch vehicle, known collectively as Starship.
The spacecraft will launch from Earth on top of the Super Heavy booster rocket on missions to the Moon, Mars and possibly beyond.
According to SpaceX, Starship will be the world s most powerful rocket, rivalling NASA s Space Launch System (SLS) and the historic Saturn V.
SpaceX said: Starship has the capability to transport satellites, payloads, crew, and cargo to a variety of orbits and Earth, Lunar, or Martian landing sites.
Starship SN10 launch date: Prelaunch testing expected soon after fiery crash of SN9 Sebastian Kettley
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Starship SN10 rolled out onto the launch pad last week, just days before the delayed test flight of Starship Serial Number 9 (SN9). SN10 is the latest iteration of the next-gen spacecraft that will, hopefully, one day land humans on Mars. Starship SN9 launched on a 6.2-mile (10km) hop this Tuesday - SpaceX s second high-altitude test flight - but failed to stick the landing.
SpaceX perform 150m hop with Starship SN5
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As the rocket came crashing into the ground, it erupted into a spectacular ball of flames just like the SN8 model before it.
Media Invited to Cover Prelaunch and Launch Activities for Boeing’s OFT-2
Boeing’s Starliner crew module for the company’s second Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2) is lifted Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida prior to the vehicle having a weight and center of gravity test. Photo credit: Boeing/John Grant
Media accreditation now is open for prelaunch and launch activities for NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station. Part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, NASA and Boeing are targeting no earlier than Thursday, March 25, for the second uncrewed launch of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
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Risks and benefits
Human spaceflight is both risky and expensive. From the crash landing of the first crewed Soyuz spacecraft in 1967 to the breakup of the shuttle orbiter