SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)

Starship, colloquially the Ship, is a spacecraft and second stage under development by SpaceX. Stacked atop its booster, Super Heavy, the pair compose the Starship super heavy-lift space vehicle. The spacecraft is designed to carry passengers and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon and Mars, to be reusable and to land propulsively by firing its engines, and to enable long-duration interplanetary flights with up to 100 passengers. It has been proposed to refuel other Starships in orbit, which would let them reach higher orbits and other destinations. Development began in 2012 and the design went through many changes. The Starhopper prototype made the first successful flight on July 25, 2019, and in April 2024 SpaceX announced the taller Block 2 and Block 3 versions. Starship is powered by six Raptor engines, three sea-level engines and three vacuum-optimized RVacs in the early blocks.