This chapter discusses SpaceX's Starship Flight 9, highlighting its significance as an unprecedented flight following two previous failures. It emphasizes the immense teamwork and effort involved in the launch process, involving thousands of people across various roles.
Starship Flight 9 is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
Previous flights (7 and 8) ended in explosions.
Thousands of people are involved in the launch process.
The Starship system is a fully reusable, two‑stage‑to‑orbit super heavy‑lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX. The system is composed of a booster stage named Super Heavy and a second stage, also called "Starship"