SpaceX completes third Starship test flight lasting 50 minutes

10 99 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 we’ve never seen anything like this before this is the the biggest flying object ever in space absolutely K and the atmosphere is actually doing us a huge favor here by acting as a breaking system for Starship um as it re-enters

The atmosphere uh so they can absorb the heat of the Earth’s atmosphere um and so that’s the purpose that they are serving during that Hypersonic phase and then again during the subsonic phase absolutely so like we said these views

SpaceX launched the third test flight of its Starship spacecraft, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, which aims to carry astronauts to the moon and, eventually, to Mars. It took off from SpaceX’s spaceport, named Starbase, on the Gulf of Mexico in Boca Chica, Texas, entering space several minutes later. After 50 minutes, it lost contact with the spacecraft and the live feed cut to the control room. SpaceX were never intending to recover the parts after take-off. Two previous attempts ended in the explosion of the spacecraft’s engine booster and the cruise vessel, which is designed to eventually carry up to 100 astronauts. The first attempt lasted four minutes and the second lasted eight. The company says frequent flight testing will provide valuable data that will help it design and develop a more robust rocket

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7 comments

  1. Thanks less negativity during this time. Gaza and ukraine really depressed me this cheered me up a little with my son

  3. I like how, when they lost contact with Starship, the initial reaction was sadness but then immediately they started clapping and congratulating each other as they realised how much of a success it was, up until that moment. It got further than the first two attempt and the next attempt I'm certain they'll be able to maintain contact and maybe even land it!

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