On Friday, Elon Musk And SpaceX‘S spaceship rocket was cleared by the for launch Federal Flight Administration (FAA), which is responsible for licensing commercial rocket launches.

What happened: In a tweet, SpaceX said it was “as early as Monday, March 17th.”
Shortly after SpaceX published the tweet, Musk teased the April 17 launch attempt, saying, “Success maybe, excitement guaranteed!”

In March, the billionaire entrepreneur said Starship’s first launch attempt – touted as “the greatest rocket of all time” – would happen at the end of third week of April.
On April 17, “the 150-minute test window will open at 7:00 a.m. CT,” SpaceX announced on its website.
Starship is a fully reusable transport system designed to “deliver crew and cargo to Earth orbit, help humanity return to the Moon, and travel to Mars and beyond,” according to the company.

Why it matters: This will be SpaceX’s first attempt at launching Starship into space after years of testing the rocket’s design.
In addition, as part of the Artemis program NASA has placed a $2.89 billion order with SpaceX Use Starship to ferry government astronauts to the lunar surface.

This illustration was created using artificial intelligence via MidJourney.

Learn more about Benzinga’s coverage of the future of mobility from follow this link.

Continue reading: Elon Musk says SpaceX will deliver 80% of Earth’s payload into orbit this year