SpaceX has revealed a target date for the third test flight of its mighty Starship rocket, the most powerful ever to fly.
SpaceX is targeting next week for the third test flight of Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket.
The Elon Musk-led company said the Starship, which comprises the first-stage Super Heavy booster and the upper-stage Starship spacecraft, could launch “as soon as March 14,” though this is dependent upon the Federal Aviation Administration handing it a launch permit in the coming days.
SpaceX revealed the date in a post on social media on Wednesday, and also added a dedicated page for the mission to the “Launches” section of its website.
The spaceflight company said a live stream of what promises to be a spectacular test flight will begin on its website and on X (formerly Twitter) about 30 minutes before launch.
The Starship stands at 120 meters (395 feet) and packs a colossal 17 million pounds of thrust at launch — almost double that of NASA’s most powerful rocket, the new Space Launch System — and has flown two times to date, with both missions launching from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
