SpaceX’s next Starship to fly is all dressed up for launch.
On Friday (Jan. 10), SpaceX successfully stacked its Starship spacecraft atop a giant Super Heavy booster to prepare for the next launch of the world’s largest rocket next week. Liftoff is set for 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) on Monday (Jan. 13) from SpaceX’s Starbase test site near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas.
“Flight 7 Starship and Super Heavy stacked on the launch pad at Starbase,” SpaceX wrote in a post on the social media site X on Friday.
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 7 mission will test a new version of Starship and is the first of potentially 25 Starship launches this year. With the Starship upper-stage vehicle stacked atop its Super Heavy booster, the entire rocket stands nearly 400 feet (122 meters) tall, making…