Starship

Elon Musk estimated that SpaceX would spend about $2,000,000,000 on Starship 2023.

Several environmental and Native American groups filed a lawsuit on 2023-05-01 alleging the Federal Aviation Administration improperly carried out an environmental review of SpaceX Starship launches from Boca Chica, Texas.

Elon Musk stated he expected Starship to launch four to five more times 2023 and that he would be surprised if the company did not achieve orbit by the end of the year.

SpaceX’s Starship used liquid oxygen and methane on its 2023-04-20 launch.

Artemis 3 and Artemis 4 will use SpaceX’s Starship for lunar surface landings.

Vast’s long-term goal is to develop a 100-meter-long multi-module spinning artificial gravity space station launched by SpaceX’s Starship transportation system.

Haven-1 is a precursor for larger space stations Vast proposes to develop that would be launched on SpaceX’s Starship.

Vast’s long-term goal is to develop a 100-meter-long, multi-module, spinning artificial gravity space station launched by SpaceX’s Starship transportation system.

In June 2022 the FAA required 75 environmental actions by SpaceX before launching Starship.

The 2023-04-20 launch was one of several testing anomalies at the Starbase site that have included earlier Starship prototype crashes and exploding vehicles that scattered debris.

Several environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration on 2023-05-01 challenging the FAA’s environmental review of SpaceX Starship launches from Boca Chica, Texas.

The 2023-04-20 integrated Starship/Super Heavy launch produced thrust that tore apart much of the concrete base of the pad, sending debris flying and creating a plume of sand and dust.

SpaceX plans to spend about $2,000,000,000 2023 on the Starship program.

SpaceX plans to attempt four to five Starship launches 2023.

NASA considers SpaceX’s truncated Starship test flight not a major setback to plans to use that vehicle to land astronauts on the moon as soon as 2025.

NASA will use a lunar lander variant of Starship to carry astronauts to the lunar surface on the Artemis 3 and Artemis 4 missions under awards worth a combined $4,000,000,000.

The 2023-04-20 Starship/Super Heavy test flight suffered several failed engines, began tumbling a few minutes after liftoff, and was destroyed by its flight termination system four minutes into a planned 90-minute suborbital flight.

The integrated Starship/Super Heavy vehicle launched from SpaceX’s Boca Chica, Texas, test site on 2023-04-20.