Mars, wait. Ilon Mask's most powerful rocket preparing to make a miracle: what it looks like (photo)

According to SpaceX's recent statement, the third test flight is to take place on Thursday, March 14, UNIVERSE TODAY writes. In focus. Technology has appeared its Telegram channel. Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! The most powerful in the world and the first such a completely multiple Starship missile system is preparing for the third test flight, which should begin, as well as two past times, at SpaceX in the south of Texas, USA.

In a fully assembled form, the Starship rocket consisting of a launch vehicle and a spacecraft has a height of 122 meters. It is designed to deliver goods to the Earth orbit, as well as cargoes and people per month and Mars. In particular, the rocket will be able to remove up to 165 tons of loads in the Earth's orbit. However, the first two test flights, in April and November last year, ended.

If the US Civil Aviation Directorate issues Ilona Mask's company to permission for flight, then the third Starship test should take place on March 14, and perhaps it will still be successful. This time, as during the past attempts, prototypes of the Super Heavy rocket and the Starship spaceship connected together will be used to test. Last April, the rocket successfully took off from the starting ground, but unfortunately, there were no separation of two parts of the system, and it began to fall.

The mission engineers decided to activate the explosives aboard the rocket to avoid catastrophe during falling. After that, the Starship rocket was upgraded and two new prototypes were found on the starting ground that made up a new version of the rocket. Last November, the trials began much better, the separation of Starship parts took place, but technical problems were detected again and it ended with an explosion.

According to SpaceX, the company studied all the data obtained during two unsuccessful flights and took into account all the mistakes. During the Third Starship Test Flight, engineers want to check several innovative solutions. In particular, the spacecraft should launch its engines for the first time in space. The prototype of the rocket launcher after separation from the spacecraft must be driven in the Gulf of Mexico near the start.

And after going into orbit, a spacecraft should be driven in the Indian Ocean after an hour. By the way, the artist Tony Bela created an infographic, placing it on a page on the social network X (which also belongs to Ilon Mask), where he showed all stages of the future Starship flight. It is worth recalling that NASA has chosen one version of the Starship spacecraft in order for it to perform the function of the landing module during the landing of astronauts on the month of 2026.