SpaceX is eyeing March for the first launch of its next-generation rocket, though CEO Elon Musk admitted that the mission’s success is far from guaranteed.
SpaceX chief Elon Musk says the company’s next-generation Super Heavy rocket and Starship spacecraft is on course for a March launch.
“If remaining tests go well, we will attempt a Starship launch next month,” Musk said in a tweet a few days ago, following up a short while later with: “Success is far from certain, but excitement is guaranteed.”
The test will involve launching the vehicle — collectively known as Starship — from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on its maiden orbital flight. While future missions envisage both the rocket and spacecraft landing at the end of a flight so that they can be used in additional missions, for the upcoming test both sections will come down in the Pacific Ocean.
