Published:
7 ago 2021 11:13 GMT
The company has recently completed the installation of powerful Raptor engines and is continuing preparations for space launch on the test aircraft.
SpaceX is operating at a breakneck speed and seems to be approaching every day to build the first orbital test aircraft of the Starship Super Heavy, promising that its largest and most powerful rocket will be used in the future. Carrying heavy loads to the Moon or MarsAnd other space missions.
“The spacecraft in orbit,” the company wrote in a Twitter post this Friday with several photos, showing how a large crane completes a large rocket assembly in Boca Chicas, Texas (USA).
Elon Musk, Founder and CEO of the company, shared a series of pictures that can be seen on the Starship SN20 platform, Will be released soon. “The dream is real”, Commented Chancellor in a tweet.
Musk Described A CNBC Four important components SpaceX is not yet complete for the next two weeks before launch: adding the final heat shield plates to the spacecraft, keeping the Raptor engines warm, finishing work on the ground-driven storage tanks, and adding a severed arm. Of the newly built boot tower.
Considering the SpaceX Starship as completely reusable rockets, it significantly reduces their cost. The company wants to carry cargo and people to the moon, Mars and other space missions. Each ship can carry over 100 tons and over 100 passengers at a time.
The company recently completed 29 Installing Raptor Engines He is preparing to launch it into space. The starship SN20 will leave the atmosphere and re-enter its first orbit before attempting a gentle splash on the Hawaiian island of Kauai in the Pacific Ocean. Meanwhile, the super heavy rocket will attempt to land on the shores of Boca Sica, in the Gulf of Mexico. The flight is scheduled to last more than 90 minutes.
