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Elon Musk announces update to SpaceX Starship rocket that could take humans to Mars — you can see it next week
SPACEX CEO Elon Musk has revealed that updates to his Starship rocket plans will be announced at a presentation next week.
It’s been over two years since the last Starship update.
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Starship is the rocket that Musk expects to take humans to Mars.
He has plans to do this by 2050.
Musk will be giving a presentation next Thursday about Starship.
The huge rocket is under development at the SpaceX test facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
SpaceX has been working on it for the past few years.
It’s designed to be fully reusable and launches on top of a giant booster called Super Heavy.
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SpaceX has conducted several tests with Starship but hasn’t put it in orbit.
The company would need approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to do this from Boca Chica.
Musk has been giving presentations about Starship every so often since 2016.
The billionaire recently tweeted a fan to say the next presentation would be on Thursday February 10 at 8pm “Texas time”.
That’s 9pm ET and 2am GMT.
No other details have been given about the event but fans should keep an eye on the SpaceX Twitter.
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