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SpaceX’s Super Heavy Starship rocket successfully completed its first complete test flight on Thursday, returning from space and landing safely without exploding. Departing from Texas.
The test mission was the rocket’s fourth attempt to launch and return it safely to Earth.
“Despite missing many tiles and damaged flaps, Starship made a soft landing in the ocean!” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posted on X.
The roughly 400-foot-long Starship rocket, designed to be reusable, launched from the company’s Starbase launch site near Boca Chica Village in South Texas.
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SpaceX’s Starship begins its fourth flight test from the company’s Boca Chica launch pad near Brownsville, Texas, USA, in this handout photo obtained on June 6, 2024. (Distributed via SpaceX/Reuters/Reuters Photo)
The Super Heavy booster separated at an altitude of 46 miles, allowing Starship to fly using its own engines. And further into space.
SpaceX’s Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster both returned to Earth without exploding, demonstrating SpaceX’s goal of creating reusable equipment. (Distributed via SpaceX/Reuters/Reuters Photo)
The Super Heavy made a scheduled soft water landing in the Gulf of Mexico at an altitude of about 125 miles and reaching supersonic speeds of more than 16,000 miles per hour. Indian Ocean And it landed without exploding.
Despite being hit by debris during re-entry, the rocket was able to transmit data from the test flight through its splashdown in the Indian Ocean. (Distributed via SpaceX/Reuters/Reuters Photo)
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Images show the rocket breaking into pieces during re-entry, but was able to transmit data all the way to the waterline.
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Starship’s first two test flights ended in explosions, and the third test flight launched but broke apart during re-entry.
Reuters contributed to this report.
