Starship is preparing for a flight

Starship, the rocket in development by SpaceX, has undergone many changes and tests in the last few weeks. First Starship was assembled in is entirety, coupled with the Super Heavy booster, and for a few hours this was the largest rocket to have ever existed, equipped with twenty-nine Raptor engines – only to be disassembled a few hours later for further testing. The views of the fully-stacked Starship were truly amazing and I just cannot wait to see the sight of it again, and possibly even see it fly the next time the rocket is fully built on the launch pad.

Recently, however, Starship has been equipped with three RVacs (Raptor Vacuum engines), which are a crucial part of the Starship, since they perform better than the Sea-level Raptor engines in the vacuum of space. The three RVacs, however, are accompanied by another three Sea-level Raptor engines , that provide the rocket with the thrust necessary for the vertical landing of the rocket upon its return to the surface of the Earth. The engines have all already undergone static fires, which indicates that an orbital flight might happen in the following months, possibly even this year, however, only time will tell when the orbital flight of the full-stack will actually happen, but we can be sure, that it will be one of the coolest flights so far.