SpaceX took one more step Thursday to develop its next-generation Starship rocket, conducting the second short-flight test of the prototype last month.
The starship prototype serial number 6 or SN6 on the SpaceX facility in Boka Chika, Texas took off from the launchpad. It slowly climbed to about 500 feet above the ground before returning to the ground in a concrete field near the landfill. Prototype S.N. The test conducted by 5 was similar to SpaceX.
The prototypes are made of stainless steel and represent the first version of the Starship rocket unveiled last year by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The company is developing StShip with the goal of launching cargo and on a mission to get about 100 people to the moon and Mars at a time.
SpaceX’s first starship prototype under construction near Boca Chika, Texas in 2019.
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SpaceX is constantly stabilizing several prototypes at a time on the company’s growing facility in Boka Chika. While the SpaceX fleet of Falcon 9 and Falcon heavy rockets is partially reusable, Musk’s goal is to make the starship fully reusable – imagine a rocket that is more similar to a commercial aircraft, with a shorter duration between flights, where the only The main costs are fuel.
In May, SpaceX launched a pair of NASA astronauts on its first crew mission, then Kasturi drew the company’s attention, and revealed that SpaceX’s top priority now is the development of the starship. CCBC In an email received by, Musk said Starship’s program must be given “dramatic and immediate” impetus.
After a short flight test on September 3 in Boca Chika, Texas, SpaceX’s prototype starship rocket SN6 returned to land.
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Repeated flight testing represents what Musk has said about the development of the Starship, as he tweeted that SpaceX will launch prototypes on “many short hops to simplify the launch process.” Successful back-to-back flights show that the growth of the starship is accelerating, as the program has suffered many explosive shocks in the past year.
Musk also admitted on Monday that Starship has several targets to go before taking passengers on flights.
“The first thing we have to do is work; automatically deliver satellites and deploy people on hundreds of missions using satellites,” Musk said.
He expects the Starship’s first flight tests not to come into orbit until 2021, saying SpaceX is “in unfamiliar territory.”
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