The sixth test flight of SpaceX’s giant rocket ended with a fiery splashdown rather than a clean “chopstick” catch
SpaceX’s Starship rockets into the skies near Boca Chica, Texas on November 19, 2024 for the Starship Flight 6 test.megarocket lifted off for the sixth time ever today , rising off the orbital launch mount at the company's Starbase site in South Texas at 5:00 p.m. EST .
Anticipation for Flight 6 was high, in part because of the planned booster-catch attempt. For example, President-elect Donald Trump made the trip to South Texas to For example, Flight 6 carried the first-ever Starship payload — a plush banana onboard Ship, which served as a zero-gravity indicator. In addition, Ship briefly re-lit one of its six Raptor engines about 38 minutes into the flight.
"Incredible! We really pushed the limits on Ship, and it made it all the way back down to Earth," Jessica Anderson, SpaceX manufacturing engineering manager, said during today's webcast.
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