colonization of Mars. From its launch site in Boca Chica, Texas (United States), the company founded less than 20 years ago by Elon Musk, sent a prototype of its interplanetary spacecraft, the Starship, into the air. A sort of giant can 30 meters long. Code name: SN5. “Data-reactid =” 28 “> This Tuesday, August 4, 2020, just before sunset, SpaceX took a new step towards its main objective: the colonization of Mars. From its launch site in Boca Chica, Texas (United States), the company founded less than 20 years ago by Elon Musk, sent a prototype of its interplanetary spacecraft, the Starship, into the air. A sort of giant can 30 meters long. Code name: SN5.
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SpaceX – then a safe landing. Thus SN5 rose up to 150 meters above the ground. Then, he shifted and deployed his landing system before touching down on the planned area, less than a minute later. “Data-reactid =” 30 “> The objective was to succeed the flight of this prototype – the most evolved and the largest ever made by SpaceX – then a safe landing. Thus SN5 rose up to 150 meters above the ground. Then, he shifted and deployed his landing system before delicately landing on the planned area, less than a minute later.
The successful “leap” of SN5, the Starship prototype. © SpaceX, YouTube
Mars at your fingertips …
Starship, Elon Musk was delighted with this success on Twitter, announcing that Mars was getting closer and closer. “Data-reactid =” 33 “> Even if SN5 remains a very crude prototype of the future Starship, Elon Musk was delighted with the success on Twitter, announcing that Mars was getting closer and closer.
Other “hops” and other tests should be quickly scheduled. And in the medium term, more complex flights, incorporating several Raptor engines – there was only one from the SN5 – and aiming at an altitude of 20 kilometers, should be considered.
first manned flights between 2023 and 2024. “data-reactid =” 36 “> Recall that the Starship spacecraft will measure some 50 meters long. It will be propelled by a launcher over 60 meters long with a diameter of 9 meters, the Super Heavy, still in development. But SpaceX is already planning to first manned flights between 2023 and 2024.
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