Starship: We have news of the second test of mankind’s largest rocket

On April 20, A.J Starship It successfully took off from the launch pad for the first time. The vehicle lifted off the ground and rose to an altitude of about 39 kilometers over the Gulf of Mexico.

However, while everything was going well and the most powerful rocket ever built by mankind took off from the Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, it ultimately did not complete its test flight. His star Elon Musk Which SpaceX I encountered an unexpected failure during the launch pad separation phase. Separation did not happen, the rocket began to spin, lose altitude, and then catch fire.

Normally, in its 90-minute journey, the spacecraft must reach 240,000 km above the Earth’s surface and orbit the Earth, before landing in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.

Now, SpaceX has released a new video from the attempt, which highlights: In testing like this, success comes from what we’ve learned, and we’ve learned a lot about ground vehicles and systems that will help us improve future spacecraft flights.

On the occasion of this post, Elon Musk, the company’s president and founder, decided to share some new details about the schedule for the second test flight. Specifically, through his Twitter account, he confirmed that SpaceX will be ready in about two months from now, which is towards the end of July. In particular, he explained:

Major upgrades to the launch pad should be completed in about a month. Then we will have another month of testing the rockets on the stand and then the second flight of the spacecraft.

Below you will find both the tweet in question and the audio-visual material mentioned above.

Main launch pad upgrades should be completed in about a month, then another month of rocket testing on the pad, then Starship 2 flight

– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 27, 2023

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