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NASA wants to land astronauts back on the moon by 2027. China aims to put boots there by 2030. For NASA to win the race, it needs SpaceX to complete its Starship rocket.
SpaceX is preparing to launch the eleventh flight test of its Starship rocket as early as Monday, October 13, with the launch window opening at 6:15 p.m. CT (7:15 p.m. ET).
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“Hey, welcome back to Earth, Starship,” SpaceX's Dan Huot announced as employees cheered. “What a day.”
SpaceX is preparing to launch the eleventh flight test of its Starship rocket as early as Monday, October 13, with the launch window opening at 6:15 p.m. CT (7:15 p.m. ET).
SpaceX successfully launched the 11th test flight of its Starship rocket Monday from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, according to media outlets. The Starship megarocket is the most powerful launch vehicle ever built and completed an hour-long test flight that reinforced its reusable design to be used in NASA's future Artemis missions to the Moon.
The launch of the most powerful rocket ever built marks a major milestone in NASA’s mission to return humans to the Moon — and a key move in the United States’ intensifying space race with China.
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After Starship launch in Texas, SpaceX targets Thursday for Falcon 9 liftoff at Cape Canaveral
The SpaceX Falcon 9 will rise from Launch Complex 40 along a northeasterly trajectory, then deploy 28 Starlink broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit.
SpaceX successfully launched the 11th test flight of its Starship rocket on Monday from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, according to media outlets.
BOCA CHICA BEACH, Texas — After coming off a previous Starship test, SpaceX executed the planned 11th launch on Monday evening. The famous 397-foot-tall (121 meter) uncrewed Starship took off at 7:23 p.m. ET from the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Monday evening, SpaceX stated.