Spacex has completed the final test before a major missile Mars missile flight test.
The upper phase of the missile, while anchored on Monday at Starbase Spacex facilities in Texas, static fires had six Raptor engines, and the launch is expected to take place in the coming days or weeks.
This will be the eleventh flight test for the world’s largest and most powerful missile, which Spacex Elon Maskan hopes to use astronauts to Mars in 2029.
Starship is also built as part of NASA’s Artemis program to provide crews and cargo to the moon level.
The next flight test will follow the same specifications with the previous two Starship flights, which are launched from Starbase and placed in the Indian Ocean.
Spacex in 2025 has suffered a disappointing set of Starship, which is only the last flight test on August 26.
These problems have forced NASA to reclaim their program for its Artemis program, which aims to return to the first time in more than 50 years.
Lunar Landing initially took place in 2024, but challenges about the development of the Starship Human (HLS) human landing system mean that the crew flight is expected to occur earlier than mid -2027.
A recent meeting of the Aerospace Safety Board showed that NASA’s mission could be more delayed due to basic issues about HLS Starship.
“The HLS program has been significantly challenged, and in our estimation, it could be years for a landing in 2027 Artemis 3 Moon,” said Paul Hill, a former director of mission operations in NASA.
The main issue is the orbital refueling of the missile, which is needed to deliver astronauts to the lunar level.
Spacex still does not indicate that this process, known as the transmission of the cryogenic propulsion, is possible.
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Board finished: “The next six months will set up a Starship launch of the possibility of HLS flight crew in 2027 or by the end of the decade.”
