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With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and todays test will help us improve Starships reliability as SpaceX seeks to make life multiplanetary, SpaceX officials posted shortly after the launch on X...
Since Starship blew up, the US Federal Aviation Administration is required to oversee SpaceXs mishap investigation to make sure the launch and explosion havent created environmental or safety concerns..
Next steps for the company will likely include figuring out the cause of Starships lost signal, continuing to prepare the spacecraft for reentry, descent, and splashdown, and ensuring the launch infrastructure works as planned, Forczyk says.. This time, SpaceX successfully implemented hot-stage separation, which is also used by Russian Soyuz rockets..
These test flights demonstrate how SpaceXs development style differs from NASAs, Forczyk says: While NASA tested every component to perfection before its Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft could launchwith federal agencies, Congress, and the White House looking over the agencys shoulderSpaceX improves by launching over and over again, seeking to do better with each effort...
The time between the first and second Starship flights took seven months, thanks to the previous investigation, and SpaceXs hardware redesigns and launchpad reconstructionbut the third could come sooner..
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