The SpaceX chief reacted on Twitter after the company's latest prototype, serial number 10 or SN10, erupted into a ball of flames after what was by all accounts a … The SpaceX Starship SN10 prototype landed after its high-altitude test flight only to explode a few minutes later. A Starship explosion has never looked this good. Le vol d'essai du SN10 est prévu ce 3 mars 2021. ", But that wasn't the end of the story. Follow him on Twitter @michaeldwall. For a flight intended to collect critical data for future attempts, the launch was considered a win for SpaceX and Musk. This video explains it nicley: SpaceX Starship SN10 Test Flight. SpaceX Starship SN10 prototype flew to an altitude of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) and landed 6 minutes and 20 seconds after liftoff. The big boom notwithstanding, it's a major milestone for SpaceX. Space is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. SpaceX Starship SN10 prototype launched to an altitude of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) and landed 6 minutes and 20 seconds after liftoff. Story at a glance. Now we know a bit about why that … The Starship SN10 launched from the SpaceX facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on March 3. Reflecting on the launch, the Everyday Astronaut agreed that it had been a "huge success" for SpaceX, despite the fiery outcome. Several minutes later the rocket exploded. https://www.youtube.com/user/LearnTimeLapsehttps://www.youtube.com/user/LearnTimeLapse The vehicle performed a number of precise in-flight maneuvers, including a sustained hover at the 6.2-mile maximum altitude, a horizontal descent and a dramatic "landing flip" to get itself vertical in time for touchdown. Mike Wall is the author of "Out There" (Grand Central Publishing, 2018; illustrated by Karl Tate), a book about the search for alien life. "RIP SN10, honorable discharge," Musk tweeted in response to a post from Tim Dodd, a commentator known as the Everyday Astronaut. SpaceX is developing Starship to get people and payloads to the moon, Mars and other distant destinations, and to fly any other missions the company requires. Elon Musk's SpaceX had time for a brief celebration after the successful landing of Starship prototype SN10, which was followed moments later by a massive explosion. SpaceX already has an operational Starship flight targeted to launch that year — the "dearMoon" mission booked by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. Maezawa is looking for crewmembers to join him on that six-day journey around the moon, so throw your hat in the ring if you're interested. Liftoff came less than a month after another prototype, SN10, exploded a few moments after an apparently successful touchdown. Video: Watch SpaceX's Starship SN10 land and explode. RIP SN10, honorable dischargeMarch 4, 2021. Musk tweeted: "Launch abort on slightly conservative high thrust limit. Increasing thrust limit & recycling propellant for another flight attempt today.". Ultimately, the company wants its Starship craft to be used as a transportation system bringing crew and cargo to orbit, the moon and Mars. SN10's two immediate predecessors, SN8 and SN9, flew well during their jaunts — on Dec. 9, 2020 and Feb. 2 of this year, respectively — but both hit the ground hard and ended up in pieces. Musk appeared to laugh off the explosion after the landing in a tweet on Wednesday night. To continue reading login or create an account. Sciences Métier. Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom or Facebook. In a separate tweet, Musk wrote: "SpaceX team is doing great work! Starship and Super Heavy: SpaceX's Mars-colonizing vehicles in images. It explained: "Similar to the high-altitude flight tests of Starship SN8 and SN9, SN10 was powered through ascent by three Raptor engines, each shutting down in sequence prior to the vehicle reaching apogee—approximately 10 km in altitude. SpaceX soon increased that limit and got SN10 ready to fly just three hours later. 10") launched from SpaceX's South Texas site at 6:15 p.m. EST (2315 GMT), rose 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) into the sky and then came back to Earth for a smooth touchdown 6 minutes and 20 seconds after liftoff. Future US, Inc. 11 West 42nd Street, 15th Floor, After landing, the rocket was seen standing at a tilted angle and some flames could be seen near its base. Starship consists of two elements: a 165-foot-tall (50 meters) spacecraft called Starship and a giant rocket known as Super Heavy, both of which are designed to be fully and rapidly reusable. Elon Musk a donné quelques éléments pour expliquer l'explosion du prototype SN10 de Starship quelques minutes après son atterrissage réussi, mais finalement pas en douceur. About 10 minutes after landing, however, SN10 exploded. Both will be powered by SpaceX's next-generation Raptor engine — six for Starship and about 30 for Super Heavy, Musk has said. Here’s why SpaceX’s latest Starship rocket exploded after touchdown CEO Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to explain why Starship SN10 exploded after a hard landing. SpaceX successfully lands Starship SN15 for first time without explosion All the previous SpaceX’s Starship prototypes, SN8, SN9, SN10, and SN11, had exploded during or … "The landing legs/final touchdown velocity are trivial compared to the rest of the flight profile," Dodd wrote, excitedly adding: "THAT WAS AN EPIC EXPLOSION. In spectacular footage, SN10 blasted 6.2 miles into the sky at 6:15 p.m. (ET) before flipping and landing back on Earth—all in just over six minutes. Elon Musk has detailed just what went wrong with the SpaceX SN10 Starship, after the latest prototype landed only to promptly explode earlier this month. Some flames were visible near SN10's base shortly after landing, and that was a sign of things to come: the vehicle exploded on the landing pad at about 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 GMT), rising up and crashing down again in a huge fireball. We'll see many more test flights in the weeks and months ahead, for SpaceX is already building multiple SN10 successors, as well as the first Super Heavy prototype. Visit our corporate site. Indeed, SpaceX plans to eventually phase out its other flight hardware — the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets and Dragon cargo and crew capsules — and let Starship shoulder the entire load, company founder and CEO Elon Musk has said. But the vehicle didn't manage to hold itself together, exploding about eight minutes after landing. On its website, SpaceX described the explosion as a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" and said the launch marked a "great day" for the teams working on Starship. It was the third high-altitude test flight for a Starship vehicle but the first to feature a successful landing. One day, the true measure of success will be that Starship flights are commonplace.". Elon Musk a donné quelques éléments pour expliquer l'explosion du prototype SN10 de Starship quelques minutes après son atterrissage réussi, mais finalement pas en douceur. The SpaceX chief reacted on Twitter after the company's latest prototype, serial number 10 or SN10, erupted into a ball of flames after what was by all accounts a successful touchdown in Boca Chica, Texas. SN8, SN9 and SN10 all sported three Raptors, as well as forward and rear flaps for aerodynamic control, so they flew much higher. SN10 put those flaps to use today as it soared through the South Texas skies. All of that happened a bit later in the day than SpaceX had planned. SpaceX’s Starship SN10 prototype experienced a bit of an oopsie after managing to … New York, Musk has said that the company aims to get a Starship prototype to orbit this year, and he expects the final spaceflight system to be flying people regularly by 2023. SpaceX's latest Starship prototype went out in a blaze of glory. ", A previous launch for SN10 was scrubbed on Wednesday because of an issue with engine thrust. SN10 was launched shortly before 6.15pm ET fuelled by three Raptor engines. For example, the first Starships to get off the ground were single-engine vehicles that flew about 500 feet (150 m) high. Space enthusiasts look at a prototype Starship at the SpaceX launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on September 28, 2019. SpaceX boss Elon Musk shared stunning slow-motion footage on Friday showing the explosion of his latest Starship rocket prototype, SN10, which met a … exploding about eight minutes after landing, '2 Funny Astronauts': NASA vets Mike Massimino and Garrett Reisman launch new podcast, Boba Fett takes on the galaxy in Marvel Comics' bold new series 'Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters', SpaceX's Star Wars Day launch puts 60 Starlink satellites in orbit, lands rocket, Watch live: SpaceX rocket launching 60 Starlink satellites today. the SpaceX CEO wrote. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! It starts to explain the reason for the explosion from this part: Reason for Explosion. The big stainless-steel SN10 (short for "Serial No. Thank you for signing up to Space. 8. SpaceX's Starship SN10 rocket prototype launched on a 6.2-mile (10 kilometers) test flight and nailed its landing at the company's test site near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on March 3, 2021. Elon Musk gave the latest Starship test rocket an "honorable discharge" on Wednesday when it unexpectedly exploded minutes after landing. After launching Starship to Earth orbit, the huge booster will come back down to Earth for a vertical landing, as Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy first stages already do. (NASASpaceflight - … Get breaking space news and the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! SpaceX is iterating toward the final Starship spacecraft via a series of increasingly complex prototypes. Big Boom. SpaceX Starship SN10 : qu’est-ce qui a pu provoquer l’explosion après l’atterrissage ? And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com. "Starship SN10 landed in one piece!" Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer. 8. And Mars settlement is Musk's driving ambition; he has repeatedly said that he founded SpaceX in 2002 primarily to help humanity become a multiplanet species. This view was provided by SPadre.com. Seemingly, the oxygen tank ruptured; According to Scott Manley, the oxygen tank was under pressure and it ruptured before any fire started which might have triggered the explosion SN10 exploded about 10 minutes after landing Credit: Twitter/@spacex360. "Third time's a charm, as the saying goes," SpaceX principal integration engineer John Insprucker said during SpaceX's launch webcast today. Minutes later, the stainless steel rocket ship was destroyed in a fiery explosion. The Starship SN10 spacecraft touched down successfully after a high-altitude test flight today (March 3), a major milestone for the company and its crewed Mars ambitions.