Starship Super Heavy set for exciting orbital launch in April.

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Starship Super Heavy set for exciting orbital launch in April.
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Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceX's Starship rocket is fully stacked and ready to launch on its maiden orbital flight, pending regulatory approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. The rocket, comprising the Starship upper stage and Super Heavy first stage, will become the most powerful rocket ever to fly, with 33 Raptor 2 engines packing a colossal 17 million pounds of thrust. The upcoming test mission will see the Super Heavy booster and Starship come down in the ocean. NASA has already inked deals with SpaceX to use a modified version of the Starship to land astronauts on the moon.

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