The landmark flight could lift off as early as April 10.
But April 10 or April 11 look like real possibilities, according to Ars Technica's Eric Berger.
NASA is apparently tentatively reserving"the use of its high-altitude WB-57 aircraft for observations of the Starship test flight on April 10 and 11,".
Musk said recently that Starship has about a 50% chance of success on that debut try. But SpaceX is building multiple Starship prototypes at Starbase and plans to launch them in relatively quick succession when they're ready. "So I think we've got, hopefully, about an 80% chance of reaching orbit this year," Musk said on March 7 during an
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