SpaceX Starship test flight lifts off
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The company ticked off a few more boxes on the second Starship V3 flight, but appears to have had another issue re-lighting the booster's rocket engines.
The launch comes just over two months since the 12th test flight that was the first for the new Version 3 of the rocket. That mission suffered an uncontrolled landing of its booster in the Gulf that ultimately led to the rocket’s grounding by the Federal Aviation Administration, which was lifted earlier this month.
SpaceX aborted its attempt to launch the 13th test flight of its Starship megarocket — the most powerful launch vehicle ever built — right before liftoff.
SpaceX has launched the upgraded third version of its Starship rocket for the first time, though the test launch did not go perfectly for Elon Musk’s spaceflight company. The 407-foot rocket — the most powerful ever built — lifted off from SpaceX’s ...
SpaceX launched the first test flight of its upgraded Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster Friday, with mostly positive results. The powerful rocket, propelled by 33 methane-fueled main engines, climbed away from SpaceX’s Starbase launch facility in ...
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