SpaceX's seventh Starship test flight was full of drama and surprises.
Space X has made an incredible catch of its Super Heavy Booster during the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket, but has lost the vehicle. Launched at 5:37 p.m. ET today, Thursday January 16, from Space X’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas, this is only the second time that the enormous booster of the Starship has been caught, as part of Space X’s aim to create a reasuable heavy lift vehicle.
“It successfully separated, we did see that hot staging maneuver and we did see all six of Ship’s engines on the way uphill during its ascent, but as we were getting to the end of that ascent and burn we saw engines dropping out on telemetry, and we have since lost contact with the Ship,” said SpaceX commentator Dan Huot. “At this point, we are assuming that the Ship has been lost.”
Recommended Videos “We do believe we have lost the ship during its ascent phase,” said Kate Tice, senior quality engineering manager at SpaceX. “But this was a new version of Starship, and it was intentionally designed and flown in order to test the envelope, as we have done with every one of these test flights — the key word there being ‘test’. And really trying to understand the boundaries and the maximums for the ability of this vehicle to fly, and understand where those boundaries are.
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