SpaceX’s lunar rocket finally completes an unexploded mission

Elon Musk can be happy. Starship is already capable of splitting up, going into space and falling into the sea. But there is still a long way to go.

The fourth time was the charm. SpaceX Starshipthe largest and most powerful rocket that human beings have created, He has finally completed a mission without turning into a fireball. It’s a start.

If all goes well, Starship will be the ship that will carry to NASA astronauts to the Moon… and to Mars. In its fourth test, SpaceX has achieved two important milestones. The first, do not explode. And the second, that the two parts of the rocket return to Earth.

This time we have not had the usual landing on land, or on a platform, since Starship is too big. SpaceX plans to capture it in the future… with robotic cranes.

The fourth Starship mission, a great success

The Starship megarocket, 122 meters long, took off on June 6 at 8:50 am local time, from the Starbase base next to Boca Chica beach, in Texas. It’s like putting Cologne Cathedral into orbit, which measures more or less the same.

After burning 4,500 metric tons of fuel, the huge spacecraft defeated gravity. She had already done it in previous tests, but this time she didn’t explode.

In the video you can see the spectacular takeoff. SpaceX has also become an expert at filming epic videos with very interesting camera shots:

After reaching space, the rocket has split into two parts. On the one hand the booster lower, called Super Heavy, 62 meters long. On the other hand, the Starship either ship50 meters long.

He booster Super Heavy fell into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, with a soft landing, because it used its engines to brake. The Starship did so in the Indian Ocean, near Australia.

Neither of the two ships can be recovered, but that was not the objective. As has said SpaceX, “the cargo of the ship is the data.”

The large amount of information collected throughout the mission is a treasure for SpaceX. It will allow you to advance to the next stage: spend more time in space, better control the return of both ships, and test some brave astronauts.

Elon Musk’s company should not be neglected, because competitors are closer. Yesterday Boeing also successfully sent two astronauts to the International Space Station.

In its fourth test, the rocket that will take us to the Moon, SpaceX’s Starship, has successfully managed to split in two, without exploding. America’s dream of returning to the Moon is a little closer…If China does not come forward first…

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