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Weather is 70% favorable for today’s third integrated flight test of Starship. The live webcast will begin ~30 minutes before liftoff, which is currently targeted for 7:30 a.m. CT → spacex.com/launches/missi…

SpaceX #Starship IFT-3 Update: - Successful lift-off - Successful hot-staging (stage separation) - Controlled descent of Booster over the ocean until 1 km over the surface (unlike RUD in previous flights) - no soft landing - All six engine cut-off of Starship (first stage) at an altitude of 150 km - Nominal orbital insertion - Starship is in space, will be monitored for another hour, followed by relight of Raptor engines in space - Potential re-entry attempt All this within 9 minutes of lift-off, incremental success for third test flight 🔥🔥🔥

#STARSHIP 30 IS GETTING READY FOR FIFTH #FLIGHT #TEST. EVEN BEFORE FOURTH #FLIGHT #TEST HAS EVEN HAPPENED. SpaceX’s #Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket – collectively referred to as #Starship – represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. #Starship is the world’s most #powerful #launch #vehicle ever developed, capable of carrying up to 150 metric tonnes fully reusable and 250 metric tonnes expendable. #HEIGHT: 121 m / 397 ft - #DIAMETER: 9 m / 29.5 ft #PAYLOAD CAPACITY: 100 – 150 t (fully reusable). The fourth flight test of #Starship is yet to happen, but SpaceX is already preparing for the fifth. With Ship 30 now undergoing pre-flight #testing, it's the next vehicle being prepared for flight. Ship 30 still has modifications from Flight 3 that it needs to undergo, and likely modifications that will be required after Flight 4, so there is still a long road ahead for this prototype. https://lnkd.in/db-Nr7QZ

Starship replace airliners😮🚀✈️ With SpaceX announcing the Starship's first official mission to the moon, the possibility of Earth to Earth travel seems a little bit closer. In this video. we look at what needs to be done before Earth to Earth rocket travel can replace the traditional airliners that we today. We also compare the dawn of passenger rocket travel to the early days of airplanes.

Launch day! 🚀 What a day, and what work to get here. It has been a great privilege to see the progress as our dedicated experts at True Anomaly have designed, built, and tested these first Jackal vehicles. Livestream link below! #space #spaceindustry

Given that I have swaths of current + former SpaceX employees in my network on here, I figure what better place to post / ask these questions: 1. Are there plans to implement reaction control thrusters for the caliber of attitude control required? I know Starship has gimbaled thrusters at the rear of the vessel but I didn’t see any additional RC mechanisms on the spacecraft. 2. With so many engines, how would phenomena like oxygen leakage be mitigated for crewed missions especially, as it seems to have been apparent during Fridays test flight?

The third flight test of SpaceX’s Starship could launch as soon as March 14, pending regulatory approval. Starship’s second flight test achieved a number of major milestones and provided invaluable data to continue rapidly developing Starship. Now, the third flight test aims to build on what they’ve learned from previous flights while attempting a number of ambitious objectives, including the successful ascent burn of both stages, opening and closing Starship’s payload door, a propellant transfer demonstration during the upper stage’s coast phase, the first ever re-light of a Raptor engine while in space, and a controlled reentry of Starship. It will also fly a new trajectory, with Starship targeted to splashdown in the Indian Ocean. This new flight path enables SpaceX to attempt new techniques like in-space engine burns while maximizing public safety.

At this point, Starship is the size of a 40-story building flying at six times the speed of sound (Mach 6).

I know what I'll be doing in the middle of the night tonight!- SpaceX is set to perform the third orbital test of its Starship rocket on Thursday (March 14) or 12:30 am Friday 15th for us here in NZ, and you can watch the event live online. Standing tall at over 400 feet (122 meters), the SpaceX Starship is not just any rocket – Comprising a stainless steel, reusable upper stage affectionately known as "Starship," and a Super Heavy first-stage booster, this marvel of engineering surpasses even the legendary Saturn V, which propelled the Apollo 11 missions. But the Starship's mission is far grander than any before it. With ambitions to ferry astronauts to the moon and eventually to Mars, this rocket marks a pivotal step towards establishing human settlements on alien worlds. As SpaceX eloquently puts it, this third flight aims to push boundaries and achieve ambitious objectives, from successful ascent burns to propellant transfer demonstrations and even a controlled reentry. The significance of this endeavor cannot be overstated. Each test flight builds upon the lessons learned, paving the way for a future where interplanetary travel is not just a dream, but a reality. And with Elon Musk at the helm, guiding us towards the stars, the possibilities are limitless. Can you tell I'm excited! #SpaceX #Starship #SpaceExploration #MarsMission #FutureIsHere #Actura #STEM #steameducation https://lnkd.in/gTFBchpX