SpaceX successfully launched an updated prototype of its next-generation Starship vehicle on Wednesday, and after a handful of attempts that all ended in dramatic …
SpaceX successfully launched an updated prototype of its next-generation Starship vehicle on Wednesday, and after a handful of attempts that all ended in dramatic explosions during the landing phase, SN15 is the first to finally touch down softly. The early, three-engine version of a rocket that Elon Musk, SpaceX head honcho, hopes will eventually take humans to Mars flew to an altitude of about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers), did a brief single-engine hover before flipping horizontal for its long coast towards the landing pad.
