SpaceX’s newest Starship megarocket is poised for its extremely anticipated liftoff.SpaceX has stacked the 400-foot-tall (122 meters) car on the pad at its Starbase web site in South Texas, the corporate introduced through X immediately (March 12). That submit additionally included two images of the newly stacked Starship, the most important and strongest rocket ever constructed.Stacking is a giant step towards launch, which SpaceX has mentioned may happen as quickly as Thursday (March 14).Associated: SpaceX fuels up large Starship megarocket in check for third launch (images)One other shot of the stacked Starship, which SpaceX posted on X on March 12, 2024. (Picture credit score: SpaceX through X)SpaceX is creating Starship to assist humanity settle the moon and Mars. The absolutely reusable car has flown twice earlier than, on check missions in April and November of final yr. Each of these flights aimed to ship the Starship higher stage a lot of the means round Earth, with splashdown focused for a patch of the Pacific Ocean close to Hawaii. That did not occur, nonetheless. Starship’s two phases did not separate throughout the April flight, and SpaceX detonated the tumbling car deliberately about 4 minutes after launch. Starship did a lot better on flight quantity two, notching quite a few vital milestones, however each phases nonetheless ended up exploding excessive within the sky.The upcoming third flight will make use of a unique trajectory: The goal splashdown web site for the Starship higher stage is the Indian Ocean fairly than the Pacific. SpaceX may even attempt a couple of different new issues throughout the mission, amongst them “opening and shutting Starship’s payload door” and “a propellant switch demonstration throughout the higher stage’s coast part,” SpaceX wrote in a mission description.Whereas SpaceX is working towards a deliberate March 14 launch, that concentrate on date stays tentative for the time being.So far as we all know, SpaceX nonetheless does not have a launch license from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The company not too long ago wrapped up its investigation into what occurred on the November 2023 check flight, however a couple of packing containers apparently nonetheless have to be checked.