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SpaceX’s Starship rocket successfully lifted off from Texas last week for its 11th test flight – but industry experts say it has a ways to go before it is ready for ambitious space exploration projects.
During the test, the spaceship’s booster fired all 33 of its engines to get the Starship into the air, and as it lifted off, it fired another six engines to breach the Earth’s atmosphere, the Elon Musk-owned company said. When it got into the air, it released eight mock SpaceX satellites and restarted one of its engines in space.
SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, will likely be launched for the United States’ Artemis III mission in 2027 that will see humans return to the surface of the Moon for the first time since the 1960s. The goal is to eventually use the Starship both for Moon and eventual Mars missions in the 2030s.
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