It was almost too dramatic to believe.
Starship is designed to be fully reusable while carrying payloads and passengers to Earth orbit and beyond. And getting it up and running as soon as possible is crucial not only for SpaceX, but for
, too.mission, which will land astronauts on the moon for the first time in over half a century. The space agency has contracted SpaceX to build a version of Starship to land those astronauts near the lunar south pole and transport them back to orbit around the moon for rendezvous and transfer back to the Artemis 3 Orion capsule.
is currently targeting the end of 2025 for the Artemis 3 launch, so SpaceX's window to certify Starship for crewed spaceflight is growing smaller every day.
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