Elon Musk's company SpaceX has successfully landed a prototype of the Starship spacecraft for the first time

Tonight at 01:25 Kyiv time, Elon Musk's SpaceX company conducted another test flight

spacecraft Starship SN15.

What is known

For the first time, a ship took off to a height of 10 km and successfullylanded on the launch pad in Boca Chica, Texas. Before this, all previous prototypes of the ship exploded during descent. By the way, this flight also did not go smoothly. During landing, one of Starship SN15's engines caught fire, but the automatic extinguishing system was able to extinguish the fire.

If you suddenly forgot

Let us remind you that Starship is a manned spacecraft.a new generation ship, which in the future should replace the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy models. According to SpaceX's plans, it is Starship, paired with the Super Heavy launch vehicle, that will deliver astronauts to the Moon and Mars. The spacecraft will be able to accommodate up to 100 passengers.

Source: SpaceX

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