Most powerful rocket ever built ready to blast off on initial step towards humans returning to moon
The most powerful rocket ever built is ready for its first test flight, with its makers,, hoping the launch from Texas will be the initial step on a human journey back to the moon and eventually Mars.
After last-minute approval from the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday, the Starship rocket system could blast off after 8am local time . At 120 metres, it is almost as long as three passenger jets and 10 metres taller than the Saturn V rocket that sent humans to the moon in 1969will put for the first time the Starship cruise vessel, which will eventually carry astronauts, on top of the Super Heavy booster rocket, whose 33 Raptor engines will provide the immense thrust needed.
Both the upper and lower stages of the rocket system are designed to power themselves safely back to Earth for a soft landing so they can be reused, but the plan on Monday is that both will fall into the sea.
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