Elon Musk’s SpaceX is aiming to launch its first orbital Starship spaceflight by early 2022 and a new “Gateway to Mars” video shows the spacecraft, along with the Super Heavy booster, almost ready to go. Unlike the other Starship test flights, this one will be fueled by a 230-foot tall booster, with the bottom housing up to 33 sea-level optimized Raptor engines that produce 72 MN (16,000,000 lbf) of thrust during liftoff. Read more for the video and additional information.
The bottom of the Starship also houses six Raptor engines connected to the thrust plate – three optimized for atmospheric pressure and three for vacuum operation – while its liquid oxygen and liquid methane propellant tanks are located above this area, separated by a dome with a smaller spherical methane header tank. When crewed missions take place, the payload bay will house cabins and other facilities.
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