ElonMusk recently said he hoped to see SpaceX's Starship rocket take its first orbital flight in May, but that was before the FAA's latest announcement.
Just a few days after SpaceX chief Elon Musk said he hoped to see the next-generation Starship rocket take its first orbital flight in May, an issue has cropped up that has the potential to delay the plan.
A decision was supposed to be published at the end of 2021, but the agency said it was taking longer than expected to complete the necessary work and ended up pushing the date to February, then to the end of this month.The FAA says it needs more time to conduct a review covering various issues linked to the launch.
If the FAA offers SpaceX launch clearance at the end of April, then it’s possible the spaceflight company will be able to stick with its latest predicted launch date some time in May. The Starship — comprising the first-stage Super Heavy booster and the upper-stage Starship spacecraft — is capable of more thrust than any rocket built up to now. NASA is hoping to use the launch vehicle for crewed missions to the moon, Mars, and possibly beyond.The debut flight will see the Super Heavy rocket lift the Starship spacecraft to orbit. Both sections will come down in the ocean, with the spacecraft splashing down in the Pacific about 90 minutes after lift-off.
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