SpaceX successfully completed its fifth orbital test flight of the Starship spacecraft, with the upper stage achieving orbit and performing a textbook landing maneuver. However, the spacecraft tipped over and exploded upon impact in the Indian Ocean.
Even up until its very last moments, SpaceX's fifth orbital test flight of its heavy-lift Starship spacecraft had been a huge success.Even the 165-foot upper stage managed to pull off a textbook flight, taking off early Sunday morning from the company's test flight facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, and orbiting the Earth for almost an hour.Right before touchdown, the spacecraft performed a "belly flop" maneuver to slow its descent even further.
Recovery was never intended for this Ship.in June saw the massive spacecraft largely survive its descent in tact but helplessly splash down in the ocean. At the time, Starship's aerodynamic "flaps"During its latest flight, Starship could be seen slowly being engulfed in plasma as it reentered the Earth's atmosphere at over 16,000 mph. The spacecraft's hexagonal heat shield tiles protected it from the extreme temperatures involved.
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