Elon Musk’s Starship makes a test flight without exploding

key questions is—does that seal work? We think it will work, but it may not work,” said Elon Musk, the boss of, on June 5th, as his company’s Starship rocket was being prepared for its fourth test flight the following day. He was referring to one particular component of the rocket: the thermal protection around the steering flaps used during re-entry from orbit. Mr Musk was talking to Tim Dodd, a YouTuber known as Everyday Astronaut.

Starship is the world’s largest rocket. It consists of two parts: the Super Heavy booster stage, a behemoth 71 metres tall with 33 engines, and the 50-metre Starship upper stage. On Starship’s first two test flights it failed to reach orbit; it managed on the third, in March, but then broke apart while re-entering the atmosphere. SpaceX’s primary goal, for the uncrewed test flight on June 6th, was successful atmospheric re-entry of the upper stage.

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