SpaceX Prepares for Starship Flight 6 with Nov. 19 Launch and Road Closures

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SpaceX has successfully stacked its sixth Starship megarocket at the Starbase site in South Texas, preparing for a test flight scheduled for November 19, 2024. The fully assembled rocket, comprising the Super Heavy booster and the Ship upper-stage spacecraft, stands nearly 400 feet tall, making it the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. This mission is part of SpaceX's efforts to develop a fully reusable spacecraft to support lunar and Martian exploration, with NASA already selecting Starship for its Artemis lunar missions.
- SpaceX stacks Flight 6 Starship megarocket ahead of Nov. 19 launch (photos) Space.com
- SpaceX Caught a Rocket With ‘Chopsticks.’ What Will It Try Next? The Wall Street Journal
- Texas road closures announced ahead of SpaceX's next Starship launch mySA
- SpaceX: Sixth Starship launch postponed to Tuesday KVEO-TV
- What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 6 launch test on Nov. 19? Yahoo! Voices
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