SpaceX Readies Starship for Third Launch Attempt
Upcoming test flight to mark a significant milestone in the development of the next-generation spacecraft
Launch set for Thursday, March 14, with live coverage from SpaceX and Netflix
SpaceX is gearing up for the third test flight of its massive Starship spacecraft, the most powerful rocket ever built. The launch is scheduled for Thursday, March 14, and will be streamed live by SpaceX on its YouTube channel and by Netflix on its YouTube channel.
Starship is SpaceX's fully reusable launch system, designed to transport humans and cargo to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The third test flight, known as SN11, will be the first to use the spacecraft's full Super Heavy booster, which will provide over 16 million pounds of thrust at liftoff.
The launch will be a major milestone in the development of Starship, which SpaceX hopes to use for crewed missions to Mars by the end of the decade. The company has already launched two test flights of the Starship prototype, but both ended in explosions. SpaceX engineers have made numerous changes to the design of the spacecraft since those failures, and they are confident that SN11 will be successful.
The launch of SN11 will be a major event for SpaceX and for the space industry as a whole. If successful, it will pave the way for the company to begin testing the Starship in orbit and eventually to send humans to Mars.
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