2023-04-20 14:40:16
Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket in the world, took off for the first time from Texas on Thursday, for a first test flight of this vehicle developed by SpaceX for trips to the Moon and Mars.
In a gigantic ball of fire, this black and silver behemoth 120 meters high rose into the sky, which already represents a huge achievement for the company of billionaire Elon Musk, whatever the outcome of the test.
Explosion or resounding success? According to Elon Musk’s teams, the two have gone hand in hand. The fact that the rocket succeeded in taking off at its own pace already represents a huge achievement. The cause of the explosion was not yet known.
The cause of the explosion is not yet known. The purpose of this test flight was to collect as much data as possible to improve the following prototypes.
On Monday, a first launch attempt was canceled in the last minutes of the countdown, due to a technical problem.
“This is the first flight of a huge, very complex rocket“, SpaceX boss Elon Musk said on Sunday, calling the test a “very risky“. The latter congratulated his company’s teams on Thursday shortly after the first take-off of the huge Starship rocket, the largest in the world, and promised a new test “in a few months”.
“Congratulations to the SpaceX teams for this great first test flight!“, he tweeted. “We have learned a lot for the next take-off test in a few months“.
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