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“#SpaceX\u2019s Mars rocket successfully lands for first time<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX is one step closer to Mars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The space travel<\/a> company launched and successfully landed for the first time a prototype of its Starship rocket, which the company intends to use to send people and cargo to Mars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was the fifth high-altitude test flight for the company. The previous four tests ended in massive explosions before, during or shortly after the landing of the rocket.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cStarbase Flight Control has confirmed, as you can see on the live video, we are down. The Starship has landed!\u201d launch commentator John Insprucker announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The rocket soared more than six miles over the Gulf of Mexico before flipping and descending horizontally, and then turning vertical again just in time for touchdown at the southeastern tip of Texas. The flight, in whole, lasted about six minutes.<\/p>\n

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SpaceX Starship SN15 successfully lands in Boca Chica, Cameron County, Texas on May 5, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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A small fire broke out at the base of the 160-foot rocket after the landing, but the blaze was quickly contained.<\/p>\n

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Starship landing nominal!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The successful flight came on the 60th anniversary of the flight of the first American in space, Alan Shepard. It marks a major breakthrough for the company, which Musk has predicted will help land humans on Mars by 2026.<\/p>\n

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SpaceX SN15 starship prototype liftoffs from the company\u2019s starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S. May 5, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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The billionaire Tesla CEO, however, has also admitted that \u201ca bunch of people will probably die\u201d in the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou might die, it\u2019s going to be uncomfortable and probably won\u2019t have good food,\u201d Musk said last month to Peter Diamandis, the founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation for scientific discovery. That hasn\u2019t dampened Musk\u2019s enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

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SpaceX Starship prototype rocket SN11 failed to land safely, in Boca Chica, Texas, on March 31, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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In 2015, Musk discussed<\/a> putting a city on Mars after a successful rocket landing by SpaceX. He published a paper<\/a> in June 2017 on making humanity a multi-planetary species, laying out plans for having as many as 1 million people on Mars.<\/p>\n

Musk isn\u2019t alone in the billionaire battle for Mars.<\/p>\n

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SpaceX Starship SN9 explodes into a fireball after its high altitude test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, on February 2, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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Wednesday\u2019s successful launch came shortly after SpaceX rival Blue Origin, which is owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, announced that it plans to launch its first astronaut crew to space this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk predicts that humans will land on Mars by 2026, but said \u201ca bunch of people will probably die\u201d in the process.<\/figcaption>
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The two companies, backed by the two richest people in the world, are locked in a heated space race. Last week, Blue Origin officially challenged NASA\u2019s decision to award a $2.9 billion contract to SpaceX, prompting Musk to muse on Twitter<\/a>, \u201cCan\u2019t get it up (to orbit) lol.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Starship SN15 prepares for its landing in Boca Chica, Texas, on May 5, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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That app<\/a>ears to be a reference to the fact that Blue Origin has not yet achieved orbit with any of its rockets.<\/p>\n

With Post wires<\/em>\n <\/div>\n