--- title: "Elon Musk: “Starship Will Be Ready to Fly Next Month”" description: "According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, \"Starship will be ready to fly next month,\" an exciting new update after years of delays and governmental red tape." date: "2022-06-14" modified: "2022-06-14" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-starship-next-month" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Space" - "SpaceX" - "Starship" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "SpaceX" - "Starship" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk: “Starship Will Be Ready to Fly Next Month” ![According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, "Starship will be ready to fly next month," an exciting new update after years of delays and governmental red tape.]() *\Image: SpaceX\* ## Next Month According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, "Starship will be ready to fly next month," an exciting new update after years of delays and governmental red tape. "I was in the high bay and mega bay late last night reviewing progress," [he added](). The inaugural space launch of the massive Moon-bound rocket had to be delayed significantly, in large part due to the Federal Aviation Administration's environmental assessment — which [was finally submitted this week]() after over a year and a half of ruminations. The assessment has now given SpaceX the green light to launch its first Starship orbital flight test, pending a [large number of requested changes]() to its facilities, which may well take the company a while to implement. If everything goes according to plan — a huge if, as always — a Starship prototype and its Super Heavy booster will take off from the company's launch facilities in South Texas. The spacecraft will then enter a stable orbit, reenter the atmosphere, and [land on a platform]() off the islands of Hawaii. ## Full Steam Ahead SpaceX appears to be going full steam ahead in its efforts to develop a rocket capable of returning astronauts to the surface of the Moon in just a matter of years. For one, the company isn't counting on just one prototype. Musk also [revealed]() that the company "will have a second Starship stack ready to fly in August and then monthly thereafter." It's a significant change in tone for the CEO, following years of delays, setbacks, and never-ending paperwork. "For the first time ever, there is a rocket capable of establishing permanent bases on the moon and Mars," Musk [tweeted](). **More on Starship:** *[FAA Demands Changes Before SpaceX Can Launch Starship to Orbit]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()