SpaceX Starship Soars Higher: Achieves Successful Launch and Catch

On Sunday, SpaceX successfully flew its 233-foot rocket booster back to its launch pad and mid-air grabbed it using two big mechanical arms. This discovery came during the fifth test flight of the Starship rocket, thereby signifying a major turning point for SpaceX’s bold ambitions under Elon Musk’s management. These plans include the future transportation of people to Mars, and more immediate missions to the moon with NASA.

NASA’s Collaboration With SpaceX

NASA has entered into a $4 billion contract with SpaceX to utilize the Starship for two upcoming Artemis program missions that will take astronauts to the moon’s surface. Along with creating the biggest and most potent rocket in the world, SpaceX has created essential technologies enabling reusing of the rocket, therefore providing a possible future in which it might fly repeatedly like a plane.

Praising SpaceX for Sunday’s successful flight, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that this is crucial as the Artemis program gets ready to investigate the South Pole of the moon and finally Mars......Read More

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