SpaceX fails to repeat Starship booster catch, orbiter makes on target splashdown
Wednesday, 20 November 2024 () Boca Chica, United States (AFP) Nov 20, 2024
SpaceX flew its latest test flight of its Starship megarocket on Tuesday, with President-elect Donald Trump joining Elon Musk to witness the spectacle firsthand in the latest sign of their ever closer ties. But the Republican leader was deprived of the chance to see the descending first stage caught in the launch tower's "chopstick" arms, an engineering marvel demonstrated by the company las
SpaceX’s Starship, the largest flying object ever built, just completed its fifth flight test on Sunday. But the more incredible thing was that catch: the Super Heavy booster rocket weighs 250 tons..
Wednesday, 20 November 2024 ()
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