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SpaceX wants to test refueling Starships in space early next year


SpaceX will attempt to transfer propellant from one orbiting Starship to another as early as next March, a technical milestone that will pave the way for

Kent Chojnacki, deputy manager of NASA’s Human Landing System program, provided more detail on exactly how the agency is working with the space company as it looks toward that critical mission in an interview with Spaceflight Now. SpaceX made history during the most recent test on October 13 when it caught the Super Heavy rocket booster mid-air using “chopsticks” attached to the launch tower for the first time. Chojnacki’s work history includes numerous roles in the Space Launch System program, which oversees the development of a massive rocket of the same name that is being built by a handful of traditional aerospace primes.

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