mexico in a series of explosions. although star ship fell short of its ideal goal of partially circling the world and then crashing in to the pacific ocean, spacex founder and ceo, elon musk who watched the launch from control center, star command, was pleased with the data that the test flight produced. he tweeted congrats spacex on an exciting launch of star ship. looked a lot for the next test launch in a few months. spacex engineers agree. listen. it allows us to learn on the fly. i mean, this was a great test flight today for us. it s going to pave the way going forward to mars. starship is so large that once its approved to carry humans, it may one day be able to carry up to 100 astronauts or vast amounts of cargo. both are crucial as american and
SpaceX Starship Lands Successfully Then Explodes After Test Flight By Dale Greenstein and Spectrum News Staff Texas PUBLISHED 6:33 PM ET Mar. 03, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:33 PM EST Mar. 03, 2021
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It was a huge success for SpaceX and the future of space travel almost.
An uncrewed prototype Starship landed successfully on the pad Wednesday after a test flight that launched from the company’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas. But it exploded minutes later.
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SpaceX completed a test launch and landing of prototype Starship
2 previous attempts ended in explosions while landing
Starship is designed to eventually take people to Mars
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BOCA CHICA, Texas (KTRK) SpaceX s SN9 is scheduled to launch from a remote corner of Texas in a high-altitude test run, the first since SN8 s explosive landing last month.
It s not yet clear exactly when the craft will depart the ground as Elon Musk s company is waiting on approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. The launch could happen as early as Monday, SpaceX announced.
Musk tweeted his frustration about the government agency Thursday. Unlike its aircraft division, which is fine, the FAA space division has a fundamentally broken regulatory structure, he wrote. Their rules are meant for a handful of expendable launches per year from a few government facilities. Under those rules, humanity will never get to Mars.