Starship hardware has made it to the pad ahead of a planned lift.
Spacex posted Photos on x today (Feb. 25) Showing Super Heavy, The Giant First Stage of its starship megarocket, being lifted onto the orbital launch mount at its starbase site in south texas.
The Milestone Keeps The Company on Track to Launch the Eighth-Ever Starship Test Flight This Friday (Feb. 28).
Spacex is developing starship – the biggest and most powerful Rockt Ever Built – to Help Humanity Settle The Moon and Mars, Among other explion feats.
The 403.5-Foot-Tall (123 meters) Rocket consists of two elements, both of which are full reusable: super-stage spacecraft knowledge as starship, or ship for short.
Starship has Flown Seven Times to Date, Most recent on Jan. 16. That mission was a mixed bag; Spacex Caught Super Heavy with the “Chopstick” Arms of Starbase's Launch Tower About Seven Minutes AFTER LIFTOFF AS PONNED, But Ship Suffered a serial proof and enjoyed update Atlantic Ocean.
Spacex recently wrapped up its anomaly investment, which traced the cause to unexpectedly high stresses in ship's propulsion system during flight. Thos stresses Led to a propellant leak, which caused engine shutdowns and ultimately triggered the vehicle's autonomous flight termination system.
Related: Spacex Catches Super Heavy Booster on Starship Flight 7 Test But Loses Upper Stage (Video, Photos)
Flight 8's goals will be similar to that of flight 7, spacex has said. The company will attempt another super chopsticks catch, and ship will attempt to deploy four dummy starlink satellites on a suborbital trackory. (The Vehicle Carried 10 Mock Starlinks on Flight 7 but Never Got The Chance The Deploy Them.)
If all goes to plan, ship will splash down in the Indian ocean off the coast of western australia about 66 minutes after launch.
