According to The Associated Press, Musk told a crowd gathered at the company's Texas launch site Saturday night that the massive, metal craft, dubbed Starship, was designed to travel to a destination such as Mars or the moon, then return to Earth.
Starship update live now https://t.co/JSD3Bx9MGY
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 29, 2019
"Starship serves as a large, long-duration spacecraft capable of carrying passengers or cargo to Earth orbit, planetary destinations, and between destinations on Earth," the company said in a series of tweets Saturday night.
The rocket eventually "will provide affordable delivery of significant quantities of cargo and people, essential for building moon bases and Mars cities," SpaceX claimed, adding that Starship will have the ability to "carry as many as 100 people on long-duration, interplanetary flights."
Musk said Starship's first takeoff should come within the next two months, when the craft is expected to soar to 65,000 feet, then return, the AP reported.
– The Associated Press contributed to this report.
11 years ago today, we launched our first successful mission. To date, we’ve completed 78 launches and have developed the world’s only operational reusable orbital class rockets and spacecraft—capable of launching to space, returning to Earth, and flying again pic.twitter.com/5L0q9PJ90P
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 29, 2019
Starship serves as a large, long-duration spacecraft capable of carrying passengers or cargo to Earth orbit, planetary destinations, and between destinations on Earth pic.twitter.com/NoNoOjBW50
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 29, 2019
Raptor is a full-flow, staged combustion rocket engine powered by cryogenic methane and liquid oxygen pic.twitter.com/7JCvK4Gm6b
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 29, 2019
Starship will be the most powerful rocket in history, capable of carrying humans to the Moon, Mars, and beyond pic.twitter.com/LloN8AQdei
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 29, 2019
Starship will use in-space propellant transfer to enable the delivery of over 100t of useful mass to the surface of the Moon or Mars pic.twitter.com/pzCUebidZg
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 29, 2019
Starship will provide affordable delivery of significant quantities of cargo and people, essential for building Moon bases and Mars cities pic.twitter.com/0BImZP1qmM
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 29, 2019
Ultimately, Starship will carry as many as 100 people on long-duration, interplanetary flights pic.twitter.com/mDujtYeLwV
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 29, 2019
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