{"id":193716,"date":"2021-03-04T02:43:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T23:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/spacex-rocket-lands-in-one-piece-before-blowing-up\/"},"modified":"2021-03-04T02:43:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T23:43:57","slug":"spacex-rocket-lands-in-one-piece-before-blowing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spacex-rocket-lands-in-one-piece-before-blowing-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#SpaceX rocket lands in one piece \u2014 before blowing up"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#SpaceX rocket lands in one piece \u2014 before blowing up<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Third time was almost the charm.<\/p>\n

SpaceX\u2019s latest prototype rocket landed in one piece on Wednesday \u2014 following two recent test flights that ended in huge explosions.<\/p>\n

But minutes after cinching the touchdown, the test rocket blew up into a giant fireball.<\/p>\n

The Starship Serial Number 10, or (SN10), blasted off from Boca Chica, Texas, at around 6:15 p.m., after an earlier flight attempt was aborted earlier in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

The steel rocket flew as high as 10 kilometers, or about 32,800 feet altitude, before turning to a horizontal \u201cbelly flop\u201d position and executing a series<\/a> of complex mid-air moves.<\/p>\n

It then came down upright, making a soft landing at around 6:21 p.m. <\/p>\n

The Starship leaned slightly as it stood on the landing pad, and flames came out from the bottom, leading some commentators to wonder if it would topple over or blow up.<\/p>\n

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SpaceX aborted the test of its prototype SN10 Mars rocket on March 3, 2021, in the final moments before liftoff.<\/figcaption>
SpaceX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That\u2019s what happ<\/a>ened during the company\u2019s last two high-altitude test flights, when the rockets couldn\u2019t stick the landing and exploded into massive fireballs.<\/p>\n

While the latest rocket did nail the landing, a blast minutes later caused it to jump back up before disintegrating into flames<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s possible a leak in the propellant tank caused the explosion. <\/p>\n

John Insprucker, a SpaceX engineer narrating the company\u2019s livestream, said the test flight still achieved what it was meant to. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe key point of today\u2019s test flight was to gather the data on controlling the vehicle while re-entering,\u201d Innsprucker said. \u201cAnd we were successful in doing so.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s possible a leak in the propellant tank caused the explosion. <\/figcaption>
NASA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The prototypes were developed by CEO Elon Musk\u2019s space company in the hopes they\u2019ll one\u00a0day carry humans on missions to the moon and Mars.<\/p>\n

Musk said he was \u201chighly confident\u201d the spacecraft will reach orbit \u201cmany times\u201d and be safe for human transport by 2023.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t immedia<\/a>tely comment on Wednesday\u2019s test flight.\n <\/p><\/div>\n