NASA’s Artemis: SpaceX’s Starship Test Success
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NASA's ambitious Artemis program took a significant stride forward as SpaceX completed the third integrated flight test of its Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage on March 14. The test, conducted from SpaceX's Starbase orbital launch pad at 8:25 a.m. CT, marks a crucial milestone towards furnishing NASA with a Starship Human Landing System (HLS) for its forthcoming Artemis missions.
In collaboration with SpaceX, NASA's Artemis initiative aims to return humans to the Moon, targeting the lunar South Pole for exploration during Artemis III and Artemis IV missions. The recent test flight saw Starship, propelled by 33 Raptor engines fueled by super-cooled liquid methane and oxygen, separate from the Super Heavy booster approximately three minutes into the flight, fo...