SpaceX launches debut flight of Starship rocket system FMTNews FMTBusiness
BOCA CHICA: Elon Musk’s SpaceX today launched its next-generation Starship cruise vehicle for the first time atop the company’s powerful new Super Heavy booster rocket, in a highly anticipated, uncrewed test flight from the Gulf Coast of Texas.
Getting the Starship and its booster rocket off the ground together for the first time represents a milestone in SpaceX’s ambition of sending humans back to the moon and ultimately on to Mars – playing a pivotal role in Artemis, Nasa’s newly inaugurated human spaceflight programme. Both the lower-stage Super Heavy booster and the upper-stage Starship vessel it carries to space are designed as reusable components, capable of flying back to Earth for soft landings.
In February, SpaceX conducted a test-firing of the Super Heavy, igniting 31 of its 33 engines for roughly 10 seconds with the rocket bolted in place vertically atop a platform. The tweet set off a flurry of jokes on the social media platform making reference to 4/20 as a date widely associated with cannabis culture, and to the notoriety Musk gained in 2018 when he smoked marijuana on a live web show.
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