Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to fly Starship Version 3, the latest and most powerful iteration of its giant rocket, from Starbase in Texas, as NASA continues to rely on the system for its moon programme and a planned 2028 landing window. Starship remains central to NASA's Artemis architecture, and the agency's own materials show that its commercial lunar lander plans depend on SpaceX and Blue Origin to help carry crews back to the moon.
SpaceX is preparing to launch the largest and most powerful Starship rocket ever built next week, marking one of the company’s most important test flights yet.
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The new 407-foot-tall Starship Version 3 is scheduled to lift off from Starbase, Texas on May 19, seven months after… pic.twitter.com/p1qVqZ4uth