according to a NASA calendar the eagerly awaited Starship orbital test was set for March 11 as of
last week however a later or earlier date has been added to the plan after then and so when is the
confirmed launch date of Starship let's find out more and other Starship updates here in this video
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miss any of our amazing videos when NASA launched its own massive rocket to the moon in November
Elon musk's claim to possess the most powerful space-worthy rocket was debunked however the
founder of SpaceX might reclaim the honor with the help of his company's upcoming significant
Endeavor the maiden mission of spacex's towering rocket and spacecraft called Starship will soon
begin according to government papers the massive booster will split three minutes
after takeoff and land in the Gulf of Mexico during the test flight over 150 miles above
the surface of the Earth the ship will orbit the planet until coming to rest off the coast
of Hawaii the hardware that NASA will be relying on to return people to the moon in the upcoming
years will be crucially demonstrated in this demonstration a metropolis on Mars is musk's
personal ambition and if the project is a success it will get him that much closer to fulfilling it
on February 9 musk tweeted that the business had finished a significant test of the 33 engines in
Starship 31 of the engines were lighted during the entirety of a test firing of the launcher on
the ground was shown live on Twitter according to him which is still enough engines to reach
orbit the multi-billionaire business Mogul has a history of overstating deadlines but here is
what we currently know what exactly is the SpaceX Starship a super heavy lift rocket and spaceship
called Starship is designed to transport a lot of astronauts and a lot of goods into the far
reaches of the universe overlooking NASA's space launch system rocket a 400 foot tall stainless
steel Tower dominates the scene if the former were compared to musk's spacecraft it would be
equivalent to stacking five Billboards on top of one another the estimated thrust of
spacex's Rocket is also nearly two times higher the stainless steel used to construct the rocket
is a material that Elon Musk particularly favors because of how inexpensive it is the 10 million
pounds of liquid methane and oxygen used to power this monster are in contrast to NASA's
enormous Moon rocket which is powered by super chilled liquid hydrogen and oxygen the new fuel
doesn't require as much shielding and is less likely to leak a problem that frequently delays
NASA launches it can also be maintained at more tolerable temperatures than liquid hydrogen with
the goal of becoming a fully reusable launch and Landing system for Missions to the Moon
Mars and other planets Starship is expected to evolve because it will make space flight more
accessible to the general public its reusability is the Holy Grail of space as Elon Musk put it at
a business event in South Texas he declared it's a very hard thing to do the physics of Earth make it
just almost doable it's only barely possible with the physics of Earth how will NASA use Starship
when NASA launches Artemis 3 and 4 two planned missions that might launch as early as 2025 and
2027 respectively it expects to utilize Starships to land astronauts on the moon with a four billion
dollar contract the space agency has chosen SpaceX to create a Starship version with a
human Landing system the business will have to show proof of an unmanned test mission to the
Moon in order to close the deal astronauts will be transported to and from the lunar South Pole
by Starship during Artemis 3 from NASA's Orion spaceship on the fourth voyage however Starship
is planned to dock at the as yet unbuilt Gateway space station which is orbiting the moon and
transport astronauts there and back SpaceX appears to be on schedule with the contract according to
NASA administrator Bill Nelson who also stated that the company's plans to do an unmanned moon
landing by the end of the year a second astronaut Landing would occur in late 2024 in the wake of
that mission Nelson remarked slips are always conceivable because it's a completely new system
but what they've accomplished with other systems has been quite impressive when will Starship make
its made in space flight the United States Federal Aviation Administration is anticipated to approve
a license for the first orbital launch of spacex's next Generation Starship rocket in the very near
future according to a senior SpaceX director Gary Henry senior director of National Security space
Solutions at SpaceX stated that Starship is still on track to launch as early as March 2023 during
his speech at the 2023 space Mobility conference February is now Out Of Reach despite CEO Elon Musk
tweeting six weeks earlier that SpaceX had a real shot at a late February Starship launch and that
a March launch attempt appeared highly likely that Henry thinks that March would still be a
good Target the first orbital launch attempt of Starship is scheduled for early 2023 and
SpaceX has made great progress toward that goal on January 23 ship 24 and super heavy booster 7
successfully performed starship's First full wet dress rehearsal simulating a launch attempt right
up until engine ignition the two vessels were loaded with about 4 800 tons of propellant SpaceX
made an attempt to start all 33 of the Raptor 2 engines on booster 7 2 and a half weeks later the
intended ignition of 31 engines generated 3 580 tons of thrust making it the most powerful static
fire test in rocketry history Elon Musk has been relatively quiet about the test only mentioning
that Starship might have still been able to reach orbit if it had only used 31 of its 33 engines to
launch all indications point to SpaceX having a huge success with the test on the initial 33
engine test attempt 94 percent of super Heavy's Raptors started it then securely drained its tanks
as the booster which was as tall as a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket with a payload fairing stood
upright it's possible that all 33 Raptor engines on Launcher 7 are sound enough to remain on the
launcher for starship's initial orbital launch attempt because there is no visible damage to the
booster and no Raptor engines have been removed or replaced by SpaceX it it is already a significant
accomplishment super heavy booster 7 and the launch pad that supported its record-breaking
static fire test are in fine condition according to a statement made by spacex's Gary Henry on
February 21. starship's first orbital launch pad does not have a water Deluge system flame trench
or thrust diverter to control or reroute the enormous amount of energy the Rocket's engines
can generate in contrast to practically all other large rockets in history despite this
Omission the flat concrete immediately beneath the pad seemed to have withstood the intense
heat and nearly 8 million pounds of thrust with little more than Miners spalling and damaged
although the concrete next to the orbital launch Mount performed less well it could later be
replaced with the same high temperature Fawn dag concrete that was poured underneath the mount it's
likely that SpaceX will be ready to launch soon if the launch Mount and its surroundings are in good
shape after receiving about half of starship's full blast SpaceX is currently putting in place
a water Deluge system that will eventually greatly increase the stress that the South Texas Starship
launch site can withstand from Starship tests and launches however putting that system in place and
creating a water supply that is large enough would take months and would prevent a launch
attempt in March indicating that spacex's first orbital Starship launch attempt will go without it
on Star bases orbital launch Mount SpaceX has started putting the last layer of shielding in
place that project may take a few weeks to finish and will probably need to be done before the
launch attempt the return of ship 24 to the launch pad and its replacement atop booster 7 as well as
spacex's acquisition of an FAA launch permit will be the clearest indication that starship's first
orbital launch attempt is about to occur it's possible that the main source of uncertainty
for starship's orbital class debut now that testing is mostly behind SpaceX is that license
to launch in a couple of weeks Starship might be prepared for takeoff if there are no significant
obstacles as Gary Henry and spaceflight journalist Christian Davenport have suggested there might be
on the other hand let's check what is the Artemis program in which Starship plays a significant role
the Artemis program is NASA's idea to send people back to the Moon as a first step toward a future
trip to Mars one of the objectives of Artemis is to land the first woman and person of color on the
lunar surface 12 men walked on the moon between 1969 and 1972. on Monday an unmanned Artemis
rocket is scheduled to make its first test flight the Apollo program was referenced in the choice of
the name Artemis in Greek mythology Artemis was Apollo's twin sister and a goddess tied
to the Moon here's an overview of the Artemis program Orion its interim cryogenic propulsion
stage and a number of secondary cubesats will be launched into an orbit above the Earth by NASA's
massive Moon rocket this orbit will be higher than the international space stations and will
last for a few hours in order to begin charging the spacecraft's batteries the four solar array
wings of the European service module unfold 18 minutes after launch while Orion is still
attached to the icps Orion and the secondary payloads will be propelled farther away from
Earth by the icps around an hour after liftoff in order to acquire speed for the last Push To
The Moon Orion will be propelled to the Moon by the trans lunar injection also known as the
icps engine about 90 minutes after launch this powerful boost will increase Orion's speed by
2802 meters per second and lasts for little under 18 minutes of firing two hours after
launch 20 minutes after the Boost the icps will separate from at this point the launch is deemed
successful Orion and its European service module are then left on their own the Artemis secondary
payloads which are Miniature satellites that are traveling with the main payload and will test new
technology and conduct scientific research will then be released by The icps these include Argo
Moon the first cubesat to be launched which will capture images of the icps and send them to Earth
the cubesats each have their own mission profile and orbits but esa's deep space
antennas along with the Goon hilly Earth station in the UK will be tracking six of
the small satellites ensuring they arrive where they need to be and their data gets back home
on to the Moon Orion will be traveling to the Moon together with the European service
module a Delta V of 35 meters per second will be provided by the first of numerous trajectory
correction Burns that the European service module will make using the primary orbital maneuvering
system engine which will happen about eight hours after launch six clusters of the European service
module's response control engines will make modest adjustments as Orion continues on its Journey to
the Moon from this point on days 2 6 7 and 9 of the flight these are scheduled the European
service module will aim its four solar arrays in the optimal Direction possible throughout the
10-day lunar mission to capture as much sunlight as possible the spacecraft itself as well as the
solar arrays may be twisted and rotated to follow the Sun during the journey to and from the Moon
arriving at the Moon on the sixth day of the mission as Orion gets close to the moon the
European service module fires its main engine for a powerful boost that counter-intuitively will
accelerate Orion and move it further away from the moon this 195 meters per second speed adjustment
does not break the spacecraft as you might think instead it exploits the moon's gravity and helps
it achieve an elliptical orbit around the Moon these Maneuvers sometimes known as gravity assists
are frequent in space travel then on the 10th day of the flight the European service module will
use its engines to slightly break Orion and place it in a lunar orbit it only takes 149 meters per
second of Delta V to place Orion on an oval-shaped orbit utilizing this so-called remote retrograde
orbit insertion which uses the gravity of the Moon small orbit maintenance Thruster blasts from the
six reaction control Thruster pods on the European service module will maintain Orion's orbit these
burns are anticipated every three days Orion will travel further from Earth than any human
rated spacecraft has ever done in its orbit which will take it as near as 100 kilometers and as far
as seventy thousand kilometers from the surface of the Moon the return home it's time to go home
after two weeks of orbiting the moon the distant retrograde orbit departure will be started by the
European service module on flight day 24. starting a slingshot orbital mechanic sequence that will
harness the moon's gravitational pull once more and send Orion on a journey back to Earth
to put a Ryan on a course that will bring it closer to the moon the OMS must provide 91 meters
per second Delta V it takes the European service module 12 days to travel from its farthest point
from the Moon to 800 kilometers from the lunar surface where it will fire the OMS engine for
the final time on the Artemis 1 Mission the Boost will accelerate the spaceship on a collision path
with Earth just like on the arrival to the Moon producing 282 meters per second of thrust no
difficulty for such a large engine Orion will be on its 12-day return to Earth using the moon's
gravity and the final OMS boost every three to four days Orion's course will be slightly adjusted
thanks to the reaction control thrusters on the European service module the orbit will need to
be adjusted four more times with return Transit Corrections putting the Orion crew capsule and
European service module on a Flawless trajectory for a final farewell Splashdown then Orion will
be splashing down in the Pacific Ocean the next scheduled Artemis flight is called Artemis 2.
after the unmanned Artemis 1 launches and splashes down Artemis 2 will attempt to send people around
the moon for the first time since 1972. the massive space launch system Mega rocket and Orion
spacecraft will be used by Artemis 2 to launch the crew on an 8-day trip data on Orion and the cruise
performance will be gathered by the astronauts and Mission controllers to determine how prepared the
Artemis program is to take people to the moon's surface no one has yet been assigned to the
Artemis 2 crew if all of Artemis 1's data shows that Artemis 2 is prepared for flight the launch
date is anticipated to occur in 2024. the first landing Mission Artemis 3 might happen as early as
2025 assuming Artemis 2 completes everything the SLS and Orion spacecraft systems first significant
test with people aboard will be Artemis 2. Mission planning system performance crew interfaces and
guidance and navigation systems are the four main Readiness indicators that the mission will strive
to meet according to the Canadian space agency Orion will travel along the mission path orbiting
the planet twice in a maneuver called a hybrid free return to gain speed for the trans lunar
injection in order to achieve a direct return to Earth Orion will then swing around the Moon on a
free return trajectory according to NASA the mission is anticipated to take between 8 and
10 days although depending on the mission's goals it could last up to three weeks in the
event that Artemis 2 reaches its anticipated maximum altitude of 5523 miles above the moon's
surface the four men on board will have traveled the farthest from Earth since Apollo 13 in 1970.
according to the European Space Agency the mission must accomplish the following benchmarks launch to
low earth orbit from Launchpad 39b at the NASA Kennedy Space Center raising the perigee or the
lowest point of the orbit in Earth orbit about 40 minutes after launch with the SLS
interim cryogenic propulsion stage this will be accomplished employing the icps once more a burn
to raise the apogee or highest point of the orbit at 42 hours into the mission the system is checked
to make sure the orbit which is 1616 miles in altitude at its greatest point and 185 kilometers
at its closest point to Earth is accurate the icps will be destroyed and Orion will perform a
trans lunar injection to travel to the Moon the lunar Mission will last four days and reach a
maximum altitude of 5523 miles above the moon's surface the spacecraft will land back on Earth
the crew module will separate from the European service module and the crew module adapter once
the spacecraft is close to Earth allowing for a Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at the very least
several months will be spent on data analysis by researchers using Artemis 2. the Artemis 3
Landing mission is the next in line and if all goes according to plan it will touch down on the
moon's surface in 2025. that schedule has drawn doubt from the office of the Inspector General at
Nasa Technical and Regulatory issues have caused delays in the development of the human Landing
mechanism which will utilize spacex's Starship additionally there were delays in the creation
of the spacesuits that NASA was producing to cover the void the organization has turned to commercial
vendors in 2025 if Artemis 3 succeeds in reaching the surface it will be the first manned Landing
Mission since NASA's Apollo 17 mission in 1972. meanwhile that ends today's episode what do you
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