Starship's first orbital test flight attempt could come as soon as the week of April 10, according to Elon Musk. (Image credit: SpaceX via Twitter)
By Robert LeaSpace.com
SpaceX has shared some amazing photos of its giant Starship vehicle stacked for launch at the company's Starbase facility in South Texas.
The coming liftoff is a big one – the first-ever orbital test flight of a Starship vehicle.
"Starship fully stacked at Starbase. The team is working towards a launch rehearsal next week followed by Starship's first integrated flight test ~week later pending regulatory approval," SPaceX said via Twitter on Thursday (April 6), where it shared three images of the huge stainless-steel rocket.
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk suggested an even more accelerated timeline, saying via Twitter on Thursday that the launch could happen as soon as next week, provided regulatory approvals come through.
SpaceX had apparently been eyeing a liftoff as early as Monday (April 10), but on Friday (April 7), the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) set a provisional launch window for the rocket of April 17 between 7:00 and 11:00 a.m. EDT (1100 to 1500 GMT).
This is a tentative target, however; the FAA has not yet issued a launch license for the Starship flight, as far as we know.
The stacked vehicle, consisting of a Starship upper stage atop a Super Heavy booster, stands 394 feet (120 meters) tall and will become the most powerful rocket ever launched when it takes flight.
The first Starship image SpaceX shared on Thursday shows the ocket at a distance, framed by the seaside scenery at Starbase, which is on Texas' Gulf Coast (Boca Chica).
The next shot, a low-angled one, features a closer look at the fully reusable rocket, which is capable of carrying up to 150 metric tons to low Earth orbit. The third image, an overhead shot, shows an impressive closeup of the tip of the Ship 24 upper-stage prototype, which was stacked atop the Booster 7 first stage on Wednesday (April 5). https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-stacked-launch-photos-april-2023
SpaceX has high hopes for Starship. The company is developing the vehicle to carry people and cargo to the moon and Mars – and some customers have already booked rides, even though Starship has not yet gone orbital.
For example, NASA picked Starship to be the first crewed lander for its Artemis moon-exploration program, with an initial astronaut touchdown targeted for 2025.
In addition, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa bought a Starship trip around the moon, which he'll take with a crew of eight artists. And American engineer and entrepreneur Dennis Tito plans to fly on a different Starship circumlunar mission, along with his wife and other passengers yet to be named. The launch dates for these two private Starship moon missions have not yet been established.
The stacked vehicle, consisting of a Starship upper stage atop a Super Heavy booster, stands 394 feet (120 meters) tall and will become the most powerful rocket ever launched when it takes flight.
The first Starship image SpaceX shared on Thursday shows the ocket at a distance, framed by the seaside scenery at Starbase, which is on Texas' Gulf Coast (Boca Chica).
The next shot, a low-angled one, features a closer look at the fully reusable rocket, which is capable of carrying up to 150 metric tons to low Earth orbit. The third image, an overhead shot, shows an impressive closeup of the tip of the Ship 24 upper-stage prototype, which was stacked atop the Booster 7 first stage on Wednesday (April 5). https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-stacked-launch-photos-april-2023
SpaceX has high hopes for Starship. The company is developing the vehicle to carry people and cargo to the moon and Mars – and some customers have already booked rides, even though Starship has not yet gone orbital.
For example, NASA picked Starship to be the first crewed lander for its Artemis moon-exploration program, with an initial astronaut touchdown targeted for 2025.
In addition, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa bought a Starship trip around the moon, which he'll take with a crew of eight artists. And American engineer and entrepreneur Dennis Tito plans to fly on a different Starship circumlunar mission, along with his wife and other passengers yet to be named. The launch dates for these two private Starship moon missions have not yet been established.
28 comments:
Watch Biden's FAA queers not let it happen.
Let's ask Mayoral candidate John Cowen if he supports Donald Trump and let the people decide on his candidacy. I say Cowen is not good for our Hispanic population, no matter what he says.
His uncle Phil has been accused of telling a Hispanic dating his daughter, "You eat like a Mexican!!!"
People like that we got rid of years ago, for a good reason!!
SAY NO TO COWEN, and NO to Jessica Tetreau - Keep City Hall Hispanic!!!
Keep Whitey down.
Mexicans own this piece of Tejas!!!
John Cowen is not our friend - no matter what he says.
facts.
Treat all politicians like dogs.
You'll sleep better.
Great that it is finally happening! Make sure Trey Mendez and Eddie Trevino
are on the rocket and all the rest of the politicians who would do us a big
favor of leaving Brownsville and stealing from its citizens.
Im sure uncle Phil’s daughter is happy being eaten by “ a Mexican”. Right back at you uncle Phil!!!
With John Cowen and Jessica Tetreau running for mayor, Whites are making a charge at governing Brownsville. Hispanics cannot let this happen.
Too much pain remains from when Whites ran the city, when Mexicans were treated with all the propriety of a coonhound.
City Hall is - and shall remain - OURS, for our own good!!!
ASK THEM:
How much did John Cowen contribute to Trump's campaign?
How much did Jessica Tetreau contribute to Trump's campaign?
they did.
(This is no time for Anglos leading Brownsville)
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Can we send El Chapo Sauceda and the Fantasy Island midget Sgt. Flores up in space, please???
Call me when they recruit a Hispanic astronaut.
they won't.
Electing John Cowen would mean electing Mayra Flores in the next Congressional election, as the city would go Republican under the shifty, bald Cowen. Republicans are plotting a local takeover!
Vote NO on Cowen!!!
(recruit a top Hispanic for mayor or lose power for years to come)
Va a explotár todo el pédo.
New York Judge Juan Merchan (handling Donald Trump case)
ROFESSIONAL CIVIC ACTIVITIES/HONORS/AWARDS:
Member, Association of Judges of Hispanic Heritage
Member, Hispanic National Bar Association
Adjunct Faculty Member, Hofstra University School of Law, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
(He's of Colombian descent)
yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-HAW!!!
Republican Texas Gov. Seeks To Pardon Army Sergeant Convicted Of Murder
Gov. Greg Abbott is seeking to pardon Sgt. Dan Perry who was convicted of murder in the 2020 fatal shooting of an armed protester.
You guessed it: Perry is white.
Bunch of bullshit
When new to Brownsville -
Avoid being rude or showing impatience. When there is a misunderstanding, a sense you are being ripped off, or you aren't satisfied with the quality of something, just say "No hay problema". (it means 'no problem') If you lose your temper and start shouting, Mexicans feel sorry for you, or get nervous. When they are nervous, they smile or laugh, which can enrage tourists further. Be mellow about everything... quality is usually not part of the equation, but it's not usually something expensive that you're mad about anyway.
You will never get ANY elected or running for office candidate to tell the truth NEVER NADA NADA Y NADA Y NUNCA.
puros mamones y RATAS!
but, when's it gonna rain?
y los astros - PERDIENDO
The explosion of home runs in Major League Baseball can be traced, in small part, to climate change, according to a study published Friday.
In a peer-reviewed paper published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Dartmouth College researchers said they can connect at least 500 additional home runs to Earth's human-made warming.
If you go to a baseball stadium with your girl-friend and make out, the teams will hit more home runs than YOU, so say the paper published by los calientes de baseball...
Juan, do not sell my personal information.
It blows my mind how the ignorant can post anything here and it is never challenged. Hispanic astronauts.
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/hispanic_astronauts_fs.pdf
So many irrelevant comments. Why bother?
April 9, 2023 at 12:57 PM, April 9, 2023 at 11:11 PM,
what you expect, pendejo this is a blog guey.
go to the library and f*** yourself
April 9, 2023 at 12:57 PM MORON
better ignorant than MORON like yourself estupido. go fly a kite and call yourself an astro-nut.
Dr. Strangelove (slim pickens) look-a-like, el ese bro mamon, on that rocket riding an atomic bomb to city hall.
ADIOS PENDEJO
go open your own blog estupido
Its ass-thur-nut.
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