Starship: SpaceX’s Giant Rocket for Mars

  1. Starship is SpaceX’s fully reusable mega-rocket designed for deep space missions.
  2. Standing 394 feet tall, it will be the largest and most powerful rocket ever built.
  3. Its two stages are the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft.
  4. Powered by Raptor engines, it’s fueled by liquid methane and liquid oxygen.
  5. Starship is designed to carry over 100 tons of cargo or passengers to orbit.
  6. SpaceX aims to use it for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
  7. NASA selected Starship as the lunar lander for the Artemis program.
  8. The rocket’s stainless steel body doubles as both structure and heat shield.
  9. It is built to be rapidly reusable, like an airplane for space.
  10. If successful, Starship could make interplanetary travel a reality for humanity.