SpaceX completes stacking Starship for the first orbital flight. Elon Musk says it’s a “dream come true”.

• SpaceX finished stacking its Starship rocket on Friday for its first attempt at orbital flight.

• CEO Elon Musk shared photos of the 400-foot spacecraft on Twitter.

• “The dream come true,” Musk said.

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Elon Musk on Friday shared photos of SpaceX’s spacecraft atop a Super Heavy rocket thruster before its first orbital flight.

At around 400 feet tall, it was the largest rocket ever built, BBC News reported.

Construction took place at SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. Musk’s photos were the latest in a series he released showing the stacked spacecraft.

CNBC’s Michael Sheetz asked Musk how it felt to witness this milestone.

“Dream come true”, Musk noted on Twitter.

Musk said there were four “Important articles” SpaceX is expected to complete before its orbital launch from Starship.

Over the next two weeks, the company was to add “final head shield tiles”, add “thermal protection” to the Raptor rocket motors, complete work on “ground propellant storage tanks” and add a quick disconnect arm at the top of the spacecraft, Musk said.

The first orbital test of the Starship rocket was to last about 90 minutes. SpaceX was planning to take off from south Texas and land off the coast of Hawaii, according to a May FCC filing.

The spacecraft was built to carry both crew and cargo on long duration interplanetary flights. He should go to the Moon and eventually travel to Mars.

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