{"id":67136,"date":"2024-06-06T14:19:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/musks-huge-starship-rocket-avoids-blowing-up-as-fourth-test-ends-in-success\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T14:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:19:12","slug":"musks-huge-starship-rocket-avoids-blowing-up-as-fourth-test-ends-in-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/musks-huge-starship-rocket-avoids-blowing-up-as-fourth-test-ends-in-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk’s huge Starship rocket avoids blowing up as fourth test ends in success"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Space X’s Starship has splashed down in the Indian Ocean after ditching its booster rocket – a success after previous attempts ended in spectacular explosions.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk’s company upgraded software and made other changes for this fourth attempt, which blasted off from Texas for a half lap around the planet.<\/p>\n

Posting on X, SpaceX said: “Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an exciting fourth flight test of Starship!”<\/p>\n

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Starship is the world’s largest and most powerful rocket at nearly 400ft (121m) tall.<\/p>\n

The first-stage booster successfully detached and landed in the Gulf of Mexico minutes after lift off.<\/p>\n

After a flight of about an hour, Starship began its own crucial re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down in the sea as planned.<\/p>\n

There were cheers at mission control in California as the team finally achieved their goal.<\/p>\n

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The tests are a stepping stone in Space X’s ultimate goal of making Starship reusable, so it’s important to show the descent of the spacecraft and booster can be controlled.<\/p>\n

NASA has ordered two Starships for moon-landing missions later this decade and Musk’s company is already selling tourist trips around the moon.<\/p>\n

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