Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all agesThe biggest and most powerful rocket ever built has taken to the skies again. And this time, it came back.vehicle for the fifth time ever today , sending the giant rocket aloft from its Starbase site in South Texas at 8:25 am. EDT . The mission is still underway and you can watch it live below.
The booster catch was not the only goal for Flight 5. SpaceX also aimed to send Starship's 165-foot-tall upper stage — known as Starship, or simply Ship — to space and bring it back towith a splashdown in the Indian Ocean. If all goes according to plan, Ship will hit the waves about 65 minutes after liftoff.If you can't see SpaceX's Starship in person, you can score a model of your own. Standing at 13.77 inches , this is a 1:375 ratio of SpaceX's Starship as a desktop model.
The rocket has performed better on each successive flight. The debut mission lasted just four minutes, for example; SpaceX ordered a detonation high in the Texas sky after Starship's two stages failed to separate. But, which launched on June 6, was a complete success; Ship reached orbital velocity, and both it and Super Heavy survived their return to Earth, landing in their designated splashdown zones.
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