The most recent high-altitude check flight of a SpaceX Starship prototype has been canceled on the excessive final second earlier than launch, with the engines’ fiery ignition immediately extinguished simply because the countdown clock hit zero.
The check automobile, Starship serial quantity 10 (SN10), was set to raise off when the pc aborted the launch. SN10 has been left on the launch pad at Cameron County, Texas, because the SpaceX group evaluates whether or not it’s attainable to reset the methods and try one other launch through the accessible check window.
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The Starship’s two earlier prototypes – SN8 and SN9 – each met with fiery ends throughout their check flights whereas trying vertical landings.
It’s not clear what precipitated the pc to immediately pull Wednesday’s launch of SN10, however the craft was attributable to ascend some 10 kilometers earlier than reorienting itself to land again down on Earth “beneath energetic aerodynamic management,” in response to SpaceX.
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The managed vertical touchdown functionality “will allow a totally reusable transportation system designed to hold each crew and cargo on long-duration, interplanetary flights and assist humanity return to the Moon, and journey to Mars and past,” the non-public aerospace firm stated.
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