The Starship upper stage spacecraft was supposed to complete a partial orbit around Earth before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii (Image Credit: SpaceX/Twitter)
SpaceX’s Starship, which is said to be the world’s most powerful spacecraft – capable of carrying astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond – launched successfully during its second launch attempt, but later failed to make it into orbit. exploded before.
SpaceX’s Starship, which is said to be the world’s most powerful spacecraft – capable of carrying astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond – launched successfully during its second launch attempt, but later failed to make it into orbit. exploded before.
Earlier, on Monday this week, the first launch of Starship suffered a last-minute cancellation due to a pressurization system error that originated with the Super Heavy Booster, which is the first stage or booster of the Starship Launch System – which consists of 33 There are raptors. engine on board. However, today, the Starship successfully lifted off from the Texas-based Starbase at around 8:28 AM CT (6:58 PM IST) after the Super Heavy Booster successfully ignited its Raptor engines and took off.
“Congrats @spacex Team Starship’s on an exciting test launch! Learned a lot for the next test launch in a few months.” Elon Musk Tweeted.
“Liftoff of the Starship!” SpaceX said. It said, “Starship has cleared the pad and beach! Vehicle is on nominal flight path.”
The company notes that Starship experienced “a rapid unscheduled disassembly prior to stage separation,” and that the teams involved will continue to review the collected data to work on future flights.
“With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today’s test will help us improve the reliability of Starship as SpaceX seeks to make life multi-planetary,” the company said.
The Starship upper stage spacecraft was to complete a partial orbit around Earth before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.
The Starship spacecraft, with its Super Heavy Booster carrying 33 Raptor engines, is SpaceX’s largest rocket ever, larger than NASA’s Space Launch System. The two-part system has a height of 120 metres, a diameter of 9 meters and a payload capacity of 100-150 tonnes. Its reusable methane-oxygen engines have twice the thrust of the Falcon 9 Merlin engines, and it can accommodate more than 100 people for long interplanetary flights. Starship will aid NASA’s Artemis mission and work in conjunction with SLS to help establish bases on the Moon and Mars.
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