Elon Musk's SpaceX company yesterday conducted another test flight of the Starship spacecraft.
What is known
Starship with three Raptor engines rose toaltitude of 10,000 m, and then made a U-turn and smoothly returned to the ground. This time the company managed to land the ship without problems, but a few minutes later, it exploded. SpaceX said that despite this, the launch was still successful, because its main goal was to collect information about the control of the ship during descent. The company is finding out the cause of the explosion and will try to eliminate it for the next launch.
If you, suddenly, did not know
Starship is a manned spacecrafta new generation, 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.
By the way, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa should be the first to go to the moon. The other day he announced that he would take 8 tourists with him on the ship, for whom he would fully pay for the flight.
Source: SpaceX
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