SpaceX launches the Starship mega-rocket on fourth check flight
SpaceX’s Starship system is predicted to play an vital function in NASA’s plan to return astronauts to the moon. Today’s focused launch window opens at 1300 BST
SpaceX is aiming to launch its next-generation Starship megarocket on a fourth check flight this morning. The firm says it’s on monitor for an 1350 BST liftoff
If all goes in keeping with plan, the practically 400-foot-tall rocket will raise off from SpaceX’s Starbase check web site in Boca Chica, Texas.
On this flight, Starship will try to succeed in orbit after which safely return to Earth, with a focused splashdown within the Indian Ocean
SpaceX can be hoping to point out that the rocket’s first stage, generally known as Super Heavy, can equally return to Earth in a secure and managed approach, with a deliberate "soft splashdown" within the Gulf of Mexico
The Starship system is predicted to play an vital function in NASA’s plan to return astronauts to the moon
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