SpaceX hopes its Starship spacecraft will be able to make its first flight before the end of this year.
What is known
According to Reuters, SpaceX wants to launchto send a giant ship into orbital flight in early December, along with a 70-meter Super Heavy launch vehicle, which will return to Earth. The ship will also follow her, but with a slight delay. He will spend about an hour and a half in space, and then land near the Hawaiian coast.
Even though SpaceX wants to launchStarship and Super Heavy about a month later, Elon Musk's company has not received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The American regulator says it will issue a license only after SpaceX provides all the necessary information for analysis.
In conclusion, we add that the National AdministrationThe Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to use Starship to land men on the moon for the first time since 1972. The mission will cost $ 3 billion. The landing is scheduled for 2025, and by that time the SpaceX ship should have completed several test flights into space.