SpaceX Starship Launch – 4th Test Flight Of The World’s Most Potent Rocket, Nail-Biting Experience
SpaceX Starship Launch | Image Credit: reuters.com
It was an impressive spectacle, and SpaceX achieved a spectacular success.
A dramatic and nerve-wracking journey for SpaceX, the fourth test flight of the largest and most powerful rocket ever constructed is now complete.
Today (June 6) at 8:50 a.m. EDT (1250 GMT), SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the fourth time in history. The 400-foot-tall (122 meters) vehicle was propelled aloft from its Starbase site near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas atop a thunderous pillar of fire.
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Today, the primary objectives were to achieve two objectives: the controlled reentry of the 165-foot-tall (50 m) upper stage, Starship or simply Ship, and the gentle splashdown of the first-stage booster, Super Heavy, i...