SpaceX given clearance to launch Starship megarocket this week

Space X has received a long-awaited launch license from the Federal Aviation Administration and will attempt to send the Starship megarocket on its fourth test flight on Thursday.

Recommended Videos Folks watching in person or online will witness a thrilling spectacle as the 120-meter-tall rocket fires up its 33 Raptor engines to create 17 million pounds of thrust, almost double the power of NASA’s new Space Launch System rocket, which so far has flown only once, in 2022. SpaceX had been saying for the last few weeks that it was ready to launch the Starship in early June, but could only proceed once it received a launch permit from the FAA. Now that it’s been given the green light, engineers can make the final preparations for a launch this week.

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