{"id":4146,"date":"2024-06-07T11:51:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T11:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/spacex-musks-huge-starship-rocket-avoids-blowing-up-as-fourth-test-ends-in-success\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T11:51:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T11:51:41","slug":"spacex-musks-huge-starship-rocket-avoids-blowing-up-as-fourth-test-ends-in-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/spacex-musks-huge-starship-rocket-avoids-blowing-up-as-fourth-test-ends-in-success\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX: Musk\u2019s 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 for a “soft landing” in the Indian Ocean – a success after previous attempts ended in spectacular explosions.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk<\/strong>‘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

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The billionaire posted on social media: “Despite loss of many tiles and a damaged flap, Starship made it all the way to a soft landing in the ocean!”<\/p>\n

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

The first-stage ‘Super Heavy’ booster successfully detached and landed in the Gulf of Mexico three minutes after lift-off of the unmanned test.<\/p>\n

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Starship then fired up its engines for a flight around the globe.<\/p>\n

About an hour later, it began its crucial re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere: this time there was no catastrophic failure, as occurred at this point in March<\/strong>, and it landed in the sea as planned.<\/p>\n

Mission control in California erupted in cheers as the team finally achieved its goal.<\/p>\n

Each of the previous tests had made it further than the last, before either exploding or disintegrating in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

The first rocket exploded minutes after lift-off at a height of about 25 miles (40km) in April 2023.<\/p>\n

A second test, in November, made it into space for the first time but also exploded.<\/p>\n

The rocket has hundreds of black tiles to protect it against the extreme heat experienced when passing through the Earth’s atmosphere.<\/p>\n

The tests are a stepping stone in the firm’s ultimate goal of making Starship reusable, so it’s important to show the descent of the craft 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

It’s intended to be more powerful and cheaper than SpaceX’<\/strong>s Falcon 9 rocket, which has completed more than 300 launches over the last 14 years.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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