SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of control
- SpaceX's prototype Starship exploded over the Indian Ocean during a test flight, marking a setback for CEO Elon Musk's Mars colonization plans.
- SpaceX reported that the rocket 'experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly' during its flight.
- Although the Starship flew farther than previous tests, it encountered leaks and spun out of control while in space.
- NASA requires SpaceX to achieve significant progress with Starship for future moon landing missions.
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Why Musk is so important
WHY MUSK IS SO IMPORTANT. Elon Musk‘s giant Starship spacecraft went out of control, tumbled, and broke apart several minutes into a test flight Tuesday night. It was the latest in a series of unsuccessful-but-still-instructive tests of Musk’s hugely ambitious rocket program, which is designed to go to Mars. And it is also, at least for now, the heart of the American space program. “Starship is the world’s largest and most powerful rocket,” the …
SpaceX's ninth Starship test flight reaches space but fails to deploy fake satellites
The Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle blasted off from SpaceX's Starbase in Texas for its ninth test flight on Tuesday, 7:37 PM Eastern time. It was the first Starship flight that reused a Super Heavy booster, which was also used for the vehicle's seventh test flight. During the vehicle's seventh and eighth flights, its second stage, or the Starship spacecraft itself, exploded during ascent. This time, the stage (also known as the "Ship")…
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