A 400 feet (122 m) high rocket system, designed to land astronauts on the Moon and carry crews to Mars. Launched from Boca Chica, Texas. The rocket had difficulty recovering its giant booster. However, Starship’s upper stage made a successful landing in the Indian Ocean. Along with Musk, future US President Donald Trump was also present to watch this event live.
Elon Musk’s company SpaceX conducted the sixth test of the world’s most powerful rocket, Starship. During this time, America’s newly elected President Trump was also present with Musk. Donald Trump successfully conducted another launch of his Starship rocket, but the test flight did not go completely well. When Donald Trump along with Elon Musk reached Starbase to watch the booster catch, Starship’s super heavy booster could not repeat the feat.
A 400 feet (122 m) high rocket system, designed to land astronauts on the Moon and carry crews to Mars. Launched from Boca Chica, Texas. The rocket had difficulty recovering its giant booster. However, Starship’s upper stage made a successful landing in the Gulf of Mexico. Along with Musk, future US President Donald Trump was also present to watch this event live.
On its website SpaceX said the next Starship flight test aims to expand the envelope on ship and booster capabilities and get closer to bringing reusability of the entire system online. Objectives included returning to the launch site once again to catch hold of the booster, restarting a ship Raptor engine while in space, and testing a suite of heatshield experiments and prior to the ship’s re-entry and descent into the Indian Ocean. Includes changes in maneuverability.
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