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Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX. Left: Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters; Regs: SPadre.com
- On March 3, SpaceX released a new video of its third Starship rocket prototype that landed.
- The video gives a close-up of the engines in action, showing how the SN10 rocket bounces during landing.
- The Starship SN10 prototype exploded ten minutes after landing, but it was left out of the video.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Wednesday posted a new high-definition video of the latest Starship rocket’s test flight.
The rocket prototype, called SN10, successfully blew up on March 3 from Boca Chica, Texas. SN10 ended up in one piece, but it exploded ten minutes later on the runway. SpaceX has released the blast from its new video.
The summary video shows a close-up of the rocket engines that are in action during launch and landing. You can see the 16-story rocket bouncing off the runway, surrounded by smoke.
You can also see the legs of the rocket stretch out as it returns to earth.
The video also includes a shot of the rocket in orbit.
Watch the full SpaceX Starship video below
In the video description, SpaceX wrote: ‘Test flights like SN10s are about improving our understanding and developing a fully reusable transport system designed to transport both crew and cargo on long-term interplanetary flights, and to return humanity to the moon, travel to Mars and beyond. ‘
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This was SpaceX’s third test flight of a Starship prototype. The other two prototypes exploded immediately after landing.
Six days after launch, Musk tweeted that there were several solutions underway for SN11, the next Starship prototype.
“The SN10 engine was low (probably) due to partial intake of helium from the fuel tank,” he said, adding that the impact of the velocity shattered the fire hydrants and part of the fuselage.
Musk wants to land humans on Mars in 2026 using its Starship rocket, though its timeline has faltered over the past few years. Space experts believe he can achieve his goal if everything is perfect according to plan.
The CEO of SpaceX on Wednesday posted on Twitter that SpaceX was close to launching SN11.
-Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 17 March 2021
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