The Incredible SpaceX Starship and a New Golden Age in Space
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Successful booster catch!
Lost starship it appears.
Musk should spend more time in Texas and less in DC.
I think that the most difficult part of the Starship program is actually the return of the Super Heavy booster and grab by the “chopsticks” mechanical arms on the launchpad. They accomplished this three times with this booster.
My post #161 shows the entire booster catch.
Crew 10 arriving at the ISS this morning.
Didn't realize there were already 7 crew on the ISS. Party time!
Didn't realize there were already 7 crew on the ISS. Party time!
The FAA has cleared SpaceX's Starship rocket for its ninth-ever liftoff. SpaceX has not announced a target launch date for Flight 9, though airspace closure notices suggest that next Tuesday (May 27) could be the day.
Another failure for test flight 9 today.
After the last two test flights ended prematurely with the destruction of the spacecraft, Tuesday's Starship launch demonstrated that the vehicle could successfully reach orbit. However, an apparent propellant leak after the craft entered its suborbital trajectory caused a loss of attitude control, leaving the spacecraft spinning and mission control unable to control the craft. Ultimately the spacecraft disintegrated through the atmosphere.
This was the first launch of a flight-proven Super Heavy booster, one that flew and returned during the seventh test flight. Of the booster's 33 engines, 29 were also reused from the previous test. Engineers inspected and replaced known single-use components, such as the heat shield, but left the booster mostly intact to study real-world wear and tear.
Here's a replay of today's launch. It includes a scheduled hold so start the the video at the 8-minute mark. No booster capture was scheduled for test flight 9; instead, stress tests were performed before the booster exploded into the Gulf of Mexico.
Replay! SpaceX launches Starship on 9th flight test – Lifeboat News: The Blog
After the last two test flights ended prematurely with the destruction of the spacecraft, Tuesday's Starship launch demonstrated that the vehicle could successfully reach orbit. However, an apparent propellant leak after the craft entered its suborbital trajectory caused a loss of attitude control, leaving the spacecraft spinning and mission control unable to control the craft. Ultimately the spacecraft disintegrated through the atmosphere.
This was the first launch of a flight-proven Super Heavy booster, one that flew and returned during the seventh test flight. Of the booster's 33 engines, 29 were also reused from the previous test. Engineers inspected and replaced known single-use components, such as the heat shield, but left the booster mostly intact to study real-world wear and tear.
Here's a replay of today's launch. It includes a scheduled hold so start the the video at the 8-minute mark. No booster capture was scheduled for test flight 9; instead, stress tests were performed before the booster exploded into the Gulf of Mexico.
Replay! SpaceX launches Starship on 9th flight test – Lifeboat News: The Blog