
SpaceX's Starship vehicle gleams in the sunrise over the company's Starbase facility in South Texas, where the vehicle waits ready to make its debut test flight.
Starship's first-ever orbital flight is targeted for April 17, but that date has yet to be confirmed. SpaceX engineers have completed a final "flight readiness review" for the launch system, which consists of a huge first-stage booster called Super Heavy and a 165-foot-tall (50 meters) upper-stage spacecraft known as Starship.