The company recently moved Starship's next Super Heavy booster back to the launch mount for testing.
SpaceX's Booster 9 Starship Super Heavy prototype heads toward the orbital launch mount.
Starship is SpaceX's next-generation deep-space transportation system, which the company is developing to take people and cargo to the moon,The vehicle consists of two elements, both of which are designed to be fully reusable: Super Heavy and a 165-foot-tall upper-stage spacecraft called Starship. The fully stacked Starship stands 394 feet tall and is the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built.
It didn't get nearly that far, however. The two stages failed to separate as planned, and SpaceX beamed up a self-destruct command, destroying Starship high above the Gulf of Mexico about four minutes after liftoff.SpaceX began prepping for Starship's second test flight right after the first came to its explosive end.to the vehicle, Musk said recently.
This new strategy required the installation of a"vented interstage" and a heat shield at the top of Booster 9, to protect it from the flames of its upper-stage companion, a prototype called Ship 25. SpaceX showed offThat installation was done inside an assembly building at Starbase.
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