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SpaceX Starship Flight 9 May Launch in About Four Weeks


Published on 2025-03-24 14:42:33 - NextBigFuture
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    • SpaceX's Starship is a fully reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle designed for interplanetary travel, with test flights conducted to refine its

The article from NextBigFuture discusses the upcoming SpaceX Starship Flight 9, which is expected to launch in about four weeks from the date of the article. It highlights that SpaceX has been making significant progress with the Starship program, including successful static fire tests of all 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy Booster 7. The article mentions that this flight test will be crucial for SpaceX's plans to develop a fully reusable rocket system, aiming to reduce the cost of space travel significantly. It also touches on the regulatory hurdles SpaceX has faced, with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still needing to issue a launch license. The piece speculates on the potential for this test to include a full orbital flight, re-entry, and landing, which would be a major milestone towards achieving SpaceX's long-term goals of Mars colonization and supporting NASA's Artemis missions.

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