SpaceX's Starship launch from Texas on the horizon.

SpaceX is set to launch its massive rocket, Starship, for the first time, which is designed to be reusable and refueled in orbit, making it far less expensive to operate than NASA's Space Launch System. NASA has awarded SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to use Starship as the vehicle that would land astronauts on the moon, giving it a starring role in NASA's campaign to return people to the lunar surface as part of its Artemis program. Starship's cargo space is so generous that it may take a while for the space industry to grow into it, but it could dramatically enhance space capabilities and lower the cost of access to space by orders of magnitude.