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Spacex, was awarded $3 billion in 2021 to also land on the moon, as part of nasa's artemis programme. here's jonathan amos. they are two of the richest individuals on the planet. one, elon musk, has made his fortune by transforming the car industry. the other, jeff bezos, by reinventing the way we buy things online. but they both have the same passion for space. musk and bezos are building rockets and spacecraft to get humanity off earth. nasa has already teamed with musk and his spacex company to develop a novel rocket system that will also be able to land on planets. it's called starship and...

The launch pad. so we are, as you mentioned that window opens up about 8 30 central time 9 30 eastern, and so far everything is on track. but remember, everything was on track on monday about this time it was about six minutes or so before the scheduled launch that the launch was scrubbed because of a pressurization valves. that had frozen somewhere in that rocket system. we haven't got much clearer indication of what exactly happened there over the last few days, but we were told spacex officials have been working on cleaning that up, but they've already put in the fuel . the propellant is in...

And that the aim of this test flight was to gather data. the first part went well. it cleared the launch pad and for four minutes gathered speed as it climbed preciptiously towards space, but then it started to spin before bursting into flames. it appeared that the two sections of the rocket system — the booster and the cruise vessel — were unable to separate, possibly causing the spacecraft to fail. let's get more from our science correspondentjonathan amos. why do they see it as a success? i'm out of a job. — why do they see it as a success? i“n out of a job, christian. he described ...

Getting ready for its biggest test. this is starship, the tallest and most powerful rocket system ever built, and it's about to make its first attempt at flying to space. well, what makes starship special is first of all, it's really big. like, really big. it'll have about 17 million pounds of thrust, so about twice as big as the biggest rocket we've ever launched. so the scale of the thing, with over 30 engines, you know, it's just gargantuan. built by elon musk�*s company spacex, starship has been in development for years. parts of the rocket have been tested, making short flights with att...

An attempt will be made today to launch a rocket that's planned to eventually take people to the moon and mars. known as starship, it's the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built. developed by spacex, it stands at 393 feet and it's attempting to fly to space for the first time. but the company's founder, elon musk, says it has a fifty—fifty chance of success. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. getting ready for its biggest test — this is starship, the tallest and most powerful rocket system ever built. and it's about to make its first attempt at flying to space. what makes st...