SpaceX to have the biggest launch in history next month
SpaceX has been quite active for the last couple years and now the company will have the biggest lauch in history.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced some exciting news. Even though Musk has been mentioned for Twitter these days, the CEO has focused his shift to SpaceX as well. The company's Starship vehicle and Super Heavy Booster rocket will be ready for the first launch next month.
SpaceX to have the biggest launch in history next month
The combined launch system will be the largest ever launch system, surpassing NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), which it launched in November. The launch in question will be the first orbital flight test of the rocket SpaceX plans to send to Mars. After taking off from the company's Starbase facility in Texas, the rocket will split into two parts and land in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean.
January 31 Starship orbital launch? @elonmusk https://t.co/OLaIKBWwD8
— Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) January 7, 2023
Musk tweeted, "We have a real shot at the end of February." A launch attempt in March looks very likely. SpaceX also plans to make the first civilian trip to the Moon using Starship in a mission funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.