SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket – collectively referred to as Starship – represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Detailed explanation-2: -In April 2021, NASA selected the Starship upper stage as the vehicle that will serve as the program’s Human Landing System (HLS)-the 21st century version of the Apollo era’s lunar module.

Detailed explanation-3: -Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, has stated that the Falcon 1, 9, and Heavy are named after the Millennium Falcon from the Star Wars film series.

Detailed explanation-4: -Credit: SpaceX. Starship is intended to eventually evolve into a fully reusable launch and landing system, designed for trips to the moon, Mars, and other destinations.

Detailed explanation-5: -The company’s current Mars plan was first formally proposed at the 2016 International Astronautical Congress alongside a fully-reusable launch vehicle, the Interplanetary Transport System. Since then, the launch vehicle proposal was altered and renamed to “Starship", and has been in development since.