Another test
Musk announces fifth “Starship” flight for August
SpaceX, the company owned by US billionaire Elon Musk, is aiming for the fifth test flight of its Starship super rocket in August. Musk announced this at the weekend via X (formerly Twitter).
"Flight five in four weeks," Musk posted on X on Saturday (see post below). If everything goes according to plan, we won't have to wait much longer until the largest rocket system ever built in space history takes off again.
The largest rocket system ever built in the history of space travel completed its fourth test flight on June 6 - the first successful one after three failed attempts. The "Starship" lifted off from the spaceport in the US state of Texas and landed in the sea after just over an hour.
Designed to enable flights to the moon and Mars
The "Starship" - which consists of a 70-metre-long "Super Heavy" booster and a 50-metre-long upper stage (also called "Starship") - is intended to enable manned missions to the moon and Mars. The system is designed in such a way that both the spaceship and the rocket can be reused after returning to Earth.
The 122-metre-long system should be able to transport well over 100 tons of cargo in the future. NASA also wants to use the "Starship" to bring astronauts back to the Earth's satellite.
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