SpaceX achieved three major objectives in Thursday’s test flight, which was its longest and most successful since Starship first got off the ground in April 2023 in a test flight that ended in an explosion. The first test on Thursday was to transfer rocket propellant within the rocket, which will aid the company in developing the rocket-to-rocket refueling capabilities required for Starship to reach the moon. The second test was to relight one of its engines while in space. And the third was to open and close the payload door, which will allow the rocket to release satellites into space in the future

Briefing: SpaceX’s Starship Goes on Hour Long Journey in Third Test Flight

SpaceX achieved three major objectives in Thursday’s test flight, which was its longest and most successful since Starship first got off the ground in April 2023 in a test flight that ended in an explosion. The first test on Thursday was to transfer rocket propellant within the rocket, which will aid the company in developing the rocket-to-rocket refueling capabilities required for Starship to reach the moon. The second test was to relight one of its engines while in space. And the third was to open and close the payload door, which will allow the rocket to release satellites into space in the future Briefing: SpaceX’s Starship Goes on Hour Long Journey in Third Test Flight Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its Starship and Super Heavy booster rocket for the third time on Thursday, sending Starship on an hour-long suborbital journey before it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and  https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/spacexs-starship-goes-on-hour-long-journey-in-third-test-flight?utm_campaign=%5BREBRAND%5D+%5BTI-AM%5D+Th&utm_content=1095&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=124&rc=gzsl71

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