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  • December 14, 2024
SpaceX rolls out Starship spacecraft for November 18 launch (Photos)

SpaceX rolls out Starship spacecraft for November 18 launch (Photos)

SpaceX is gearing up for the sixth test flight of its Starship mega-rocket, which is now less than a week away.

Elon Musk‘s company rolled the sixth Starship the vehicle’s 50-meter-high upper stage to the launch pad at the South Texas Starbase for testing prior to the planned launch on November 18.

SpaceX documented the milestone on post three photos of the move on Tuesday (November 12).

The Starship’s upper stage features a banana “for scale”. (Image credit: SpaceX via X)

One of the photos is a close-up that focuses on some colorful artwork adorning the stainless steel spacecraft: a pixelated, smiling cartoon banana holding a relatively realistic banana.