Nearly four months after SpaceX failed to complete the second test flight of the largest rocket ever built in the history of spaceflight when both rocket stages of the unmanned ‘Starship’ exploded shortly after launch, the third test flight is scheduled. week.
The next test flight of the Starship rocket may take place in a week. “The third test flight of ‘Starship’ could begin as early as March 14, subject to regulatory approval (from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), note),” SpaceX announced Wednesday evening on the X platform (formerly Twitter, see message below). .
Recently completed tank test
According to the website Space.com, billionaire Elon Musk’s American company recently conducted a tank test at the SpaceX Texas Launch Site, its own spaceport in Boca Chica Village near Brownsville (Texas). More than 4,500 tons of liquid methane and liquid oxygen were pumped into the rocket stages.
“Starship” explodes during two test flights
The ‘Starship’ took off for the first time in mid-April 2023 for an unmanned test launch – and exploded and shattered four minutes later. During the second test in November, the rocket initially lifted off successfully but also exploded after being separated from the propulsion stage, as the company announced.
Reusable rocket system
The ‘Starship’ – consisting of the approximately 70 meter long ‘Super Heavy’ booster and the approximately 50 meter long upper stage, also called ‘Starship’ – is intended to enable manned missions to the Moon and Mars. The system is designed so that the spacecraft and rocket can be reused after return to Earth.
The rocket system, which is 400 feet tall, will be able to carry up to 165 tons of payload into space in the future, according to SpaceX. The American space agency NASA wants to take astronauts to the moon again with the ‘Starship’. SpaceX even hopes to get to Mars one day.
Source: Krone
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