The sixth SpaceX Starship flight will be in a few minutes. The rocket and starship are almost fully fueled and we are about five minutes from launch.
This should have another booster catch landing and an orbital Starship engine relight. The engine relight will set the stage for orbital flights in the next missions.
SpaceX will broadcast its own feed of the launch and various space youtubers like What About It ? will have coverage.
SpaceX COO Gwynn Shotwell has talked about over 400 SpaceX Starship launches over the next four years. This will include several Starship launches and refueling launches for an unmanned Mars mission in 2026.
They are launching a banana. The first payload for a SpaceX Starship will be a banana that will experience zero G.
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