The hour-long test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket was followed by a splashdown in the Indian Ocean
SpaceX's Starship launches its fourth flight test from the company's Boca Chica launchpad near Brownsville, Texas, on 6 January 2024.SpaceX's Starship launches its fourth flight test from the company's Boca Chica launchpad near Brownsville, Texas, on 6 January 2024.
Starship, the mighty space rocket designed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company, recorded its first fully successful test flight on Thursday, splashing down in the Indian Ocean minus any fiery explosion that ended previous attempts. The demonstration mission from the Boca Chica launch complex in Texas sent Starship to almost 130 miles of altitude, at a speed above 16,000mph , showcasing the capability of the world’s most powerful rocket that“Despite loss of many tiles and a damaged flap, Starship made it all the way to a soft landing in the ocean!” Musk, SpaceX’s chief executive, wrote inMusk hailed Thursday’s hour-long, fourth test flight as “an epic achievement”.
In January, Nasa announced that Artemis III, which will land four astronauts including the first woman on the lunar surface,until at least September 2026. The under-development SpaceX lander will rendezvous with the astronauts in orbit before descending to the moon.onboard its own Falcon rockets and Dragon capsules, and has pioneered the Starlink chain of internet-providing satellites that has transformed communications in remote areas of the globe.
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