SpaceX gets green light for fourth Starship test flight, to take place Thursday.
CNN reports: "The first two attempts to get Starship to orbital speeds in 2023 ended in explosions, with the spacecraft and booster erupting into flames before reaching their intended landing sites."
#SpaceX planuje na jutro na godzinę 14:00 czwarty testowy lot. Tym razem chcą aby drugi stopień przez cały lot był pod pełną kontrolą(a nie obracał się jak ostatnio) i bezpiecznie wrócił w atmosferę. W przypadku pierwszego i drugiego stopnia planowane są lądowania na oceanie #Starship 🚀
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft with two NASA astronauts launches successfully from Florida.
CBS News reports: "The long-awaited flight marked the first launch of an Atlas 5 with astronauts aboard and the first for the Atlas family of rockets since astronaut Gordon Cooper took off just a few miles away on the Mercury program's final flight 61 years ago."
The @boeing#Starliner is just the 6th type of crewed @nasa spacecraft to launch from USA. Yes, I'm counting the #SpaceX but not the @blueorigin since it didn't get to Low Earth Orbit. Here's my @wired piece with everything you need to know about LEO
We’re gearing up for the fourth flight test of Starship, SpaceX’s megarocket, on Thursday (pending FAA approval) and…it feels like there’s more pressure on this test than previous ones.
Here’s my rundown on this mission, and what I think SpaceX has to get right:
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