Elon Musk says his new prototype spaceship will fly soon


Putting humans in the picture gives us a better idea of ​​how large the spacecraft’s orbital prototype will be. SpaceX founder Elon Musk shared this behind-the-scenes look at Texas workers with Starship on a transporter in September 2019.

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SpaceX’s path to Mars has so far been marked by attacks and startups, but founder Elon Musk says the next flight for his big rocket prototype could be just a few days away.

Musk said on Twitter Tuesday that SN5, the latest version of the Starship development spacecraft, “will attempt to fly later this week.”

Of course, it won’t get anywhere near Mars, not even space. SN5’s first flight is expected to be a “jump” of 150 meters (492 feet).

You may recall that an earlier test ship called “Starhopper” successfully performed such a flight last year.


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But SN5 is a much larger vehicle that is designed to be capable of orbital flight.

It’s been a struggle getting the SN series of prototypes off the ground. Up to this point, SN4 exploded after a static litmus test, Wrinkled SN3 during a pressure test and SN1 suffered a similar fate in February.

This, of course, is why you try it. SpaceX suffered a series of similar failures before Falcon 9’s launch and landings became routine.

And so the company continues with Starship. Highways near the SpaceX development facility in Boca Chica, Texas are closed this week in preparation for the static fire test of SN5.

If that goes well, we may be able to see the big silver rocket fly soon. Of course, we have heard all of this before. Fingers crossed.