It is expected to 1:30 Italian of May 28th thethe ninth flight Of trial Of Starshipthe Spacex ship designed for future missions to Luna and Mars. A test very important that comes After two failures of the Ship, the upper stage of the launch system and which is at the same time the shuttle inside which the astronauts will have to travel for the future return to the moon within the Artemis program.
The new test provides that in the two cases preceding the Departure from the spatial base of Boca Chica in Texas and the verify perfect operation of the Two elements of the Starship system That they will separate a few minutes after launch. The first stage, called Super Heavy, will have to return to the launch base But unlike the last occasion – in which he had stopped in mid -air on the launch platform and be captured of the huge calipers of the Mechazilla system – will return simply At sea by testing a new descent trajectory.
The second stadiumsor, the Shipon the other hand, will have to continue his orbital flight completing almost a Tour of the planet and finally perform a maneuver of sickness in the Pacific Oceansimulating a real controlled descent. While the first stadium has repeatedly passed the tests successfully did not go well with the Ship That On the last two occasions it has exploded In flight a few minutes after departure, producing spectacular ‘meteors’ of debris visible from the Caribbean and imposing deviations to the Area Traffic of the Region. Important novelty is the use for the first stage of a form already used previously, this is booster called B14 Already used successfully in the January 2025 flight and which will retain 29 of its original Raptor engines.
This ninth test flight is particularly expected because i delays recorded with the starship are among the managersbut not the only ones, of Sliding at 2027 of the Artemis 3 missionthe one who will have to bring the man to the moon again. Before being able to plan Artemis 3, it will in fact be to have certainties of the perfect operation of the ship as well as performing a unparalleled descent on the moon and also perform some difficult maneuvers in orbit, including the transfer of propellant between two shuttles directly into space.
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