SpaceX’s first StarsX SN8 supersonic rocket explodes in an attempt to make a comeback after launching from their facility on a test flight in Boca Chica, Texas on Dec. 9. The Starship rocket exploded destroyed in the crash of a 16-storey-tall prototype. for a heavy launch vehicle being developed by private space company Elon Musk to carry humans and 100 tons of cargo on future missions to the moon and Mars. (Gene Blevins / REUTERS)
Youngsters are waiting to see the prototype star SpaceX depart for a test flight on December 9 in Boca Chica. The self-propelled rocket exploded as it rubbed down on a landing pad after a controlled landing. (Miguel Roberts / The Brownsville Herald via AP)
SpaceX will launch their first superstructure SN8 Starship rocket in test from their facility in Boca Chica on Dec. 9. The test aircraft was expected to reach a height of 41,000 feet, manned by three of its the newly developed Raptor engines at SpaceX for the first time. The company left it unclear whether the rocket had flown so high, Reuters reported. (Gene Blevins / REUTERS)
The Starship SN8 rocket flew after launching from Boca Chica on December 9. Musk said in a tweet immediately after the misunderstanding that “the rocket’s fuel tank weight was low” at the time of descent, “Causing high speeds of movement. He said SpaceX had obtained “all the data we needed” from the test and was successful at the rocket stage. (Gene Blevins / REUTERS)
A view of the SpaceX test site in preparation for the December 1 launch event. , the next generation to be fully reused. vehicle – the center of Musk’s aims to make people travel more accessible and normal. (Gene Blevins / REUTERS)
Space buff watches as contrails jets make X big in the sky before SpaceX’s Starship SN8 launches 1.3 seconds before being released from their facility in Boca Chica on Dec. 8. SpaceX first attempt to launch Starship on Dec. 8, but a problem with its Raptor engines prevented automation just one second before they took off. (Gene Blevins / REUTERS)
Tourists on a pirate ship pass in front of the Starship SpaceX SN8 after its launch on Dec. 8. California-based SpaceX has been buying residential properties in the Boca Chica which is just north of the U.S.-Mexico border to make room for the expansion of star Resources, which Musk sees as “a gateway to Mars in the future. ”(Gene Blevins / REUTERS)
SpaceX ‘s first StarsX SN8 superstructure rocket will explode in retaliation in Boca Chica on December 9. SpaceX will be ready to launch its first Starship flight to Mars in 2026 , Musk said on December 1 at an event in Berlin – or maybe two years earlier if he is “lucky” with the development progress, Bloomberg said. (Gene Blevins / REUTERS)