Photo: SpaceX rolled out the Starship prototype to the launch pad before the first orbital flight

By Dawn Young

Posted on 08/07/2022

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SpaceX, an American corporation, is preparing for the first-ever orbital test flight of its SpaceX Starship transport system in deep space.

SpaceX is developing a Starship to transport cargo and people to Mars and the Moon. Two elements make up the system: Super Heavy, a massive booster and Starship, a 50-meter tall upper-stage spacecraft. Both of these can be reused.

 

SpaceX now has photos of a Starship prototype, Ship 24, delivered to a South Texas launch pad ahead of an orbital test flight.

 

Starship prototypes have been tested several times but have yet to enter orbit. The super-heavy Booster 7 rocket will launch Ship 24, which is already at the launch pad.

Elon Musk announced in June that the prototype Starship spacecraft would make its first orbital flight in July.

Photo: SpaceX rolled out the Starship prototype to the launch pad before the first orbital flight