Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to take its most daring leap yet with a round-the-world test flight of its mammoth Starship. It’s the biggest and mightiest rocket...
. It’s just below South Padre Island, and about 20 miles from Brownsville. Down the road from the launch pad is the complex where SpaceX has been developing and building Starship prototypes for the past several years. The complex, called Starbase, has more than 1,800 employees, who live in Brownsville or elsewhere in the Rio Grande Valley. The Texas launch pad is equipped with giant robotic arms — called chopsticks — to eventually grab a returning booster as it lands.
With Starship, the California-based SpaceX is focusing on the moon for now, with a $3 billion NASA contract to land astronauts on the lunar surface as early as 2025, using the upper stage spacecraft. It will be the first moon landing by astronauts in more than 50 years. The moonwalkers will leave Earth via NASA’s Orion capsule and Space Launch System rocket, and then transfer to Starship in lunar orbit for the descent to the surface, and then back to Orion.
A Space X Starship SN9 rocket exploded on landing during a test flight in February 2021 near Boca Chica, Texas.There are other new rockets on the horizon. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is readying the New Glenn rocket for its orbital debut from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the next year or so. Named after the first American to orbit the world, John Glenn, the rocket towers over the company’s current New Shepard rocket, named for Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard’s 1961 suborbital hop.
Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes
Similar News:Você também pode ler notícias semelhantes a esta que coletamos de outras fontes de notícias.
SpaceX set to launch Super Heavy, the world's most powerful rocket, in South TexasThe SpaceX Super Heavy rocket and Starship spacecraft are expected to take their maiden...
Consulte Mais informação »
SpaceX launch update: 8 a.m. target time. Stay tuned here for developments.SpaceX is getting set for its first-ever orbital Starship launch from South Texas, but CEO Elon Musk says it may not happen. Here's what you need to know.
Consulte Mais informação »
What to know about 1st test flight of SpaceX’s big Starship in TexasJutting almost 400 feet (120 meters) into the South Texas sky, Starship could blast off as early as Monday, with no one aboard.
Consulte Mais informação »
FAA gives OK for SpaceX's Starship test flight from TexasSpaceX has cleared the final hurdle for launching its new giant Starship from Texas as early as next week on a first test flight.
Consulte Mais informação »
FAA clears SpaceX to launch giant rocket from TexasThe space company said the nearly 400-foot-tall Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket will be the most powerful rocket ever launched.
Consulte Mais informação »
FAA gives OK for SpaceX’s Starship test flight from TexasThe Federal Aviation Administration issued the long-awaited license on Friday.
Consulte Mais informação »