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Turns out the vehicle had more capability than our calculations predicted, and that is why we test like we fly,
It was pretty epic on attempt one, but the safety of the teams and the public and the pad itself are paramount,
SpaceX engineer Kate Tice said on a live broadcast I'm heading to the Great State of Texas to watch the launch of the largest object ever to be elevated, not only to Space, but simply by lifting off the ground,
Trump wrote on social media, wishing Musk luck on the launch Good luck to Elon Musk and the Great Patriots involved in this incredible project!”
Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media website, while en route to Texas The public has given us a mandate that could not be more clear,
Musk said of the election results Trump would be 82 at end of term, which is too old to be chief executive of anything, let alone the United States of America,
Musk wrote on social media Those arms grab it like you grab your baby, just like you grab your little baby. And it hugged it and just put it down, and there it was,
He launched a rocket three weeks ago and then he went to Pennsylvania to campaign because he considered this more important than launching rockets that cost billions of dollars,
We were one second away from that tripping and telling the rocket to abort and try to crash into the ground next to the tower instead of [landing at] the tower — like, erroneously tell a healthy rocket to not try that catch,
an unidentified person told Musk in the audio In 2025, SpaceX plans to undertake a long-duration flight test and a propellant transfer flight test,
according to a recent report from NASA's Office of the Inspector General, or OIG Because of lost tiles ... the forward flaps were so melted it was like trying to control it with little skeleton hands,
Musk said after that mission, adding The FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental and other licensing requirements for the suborbital test flight,
the agency said in a statement Starship's fifth flight test was a seminal moment in iterating towards a fully and rapidly reusable launch system,
the company said in a statement We just passed 400 launches on Falcon, and I would not be surprised if we fly 400 Starship launches in the next four years,
SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said at the Baron Investment Conference in New York last week, referring to the company's workhorse rocket There are thousands of small design changes also being tested,
Did you see the way that sucker landed today?"
Trump asked the crowd at a political rally after that Starship test The sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch Tuesday, November 19. The 30-minute launch window will open at 4:00 p.m. CT,
SpaceX explained on its website Objectives include the booster once again returning to the launch site for catch, reigniting a ship Raptor engine while in space, and testing a suite of heatshield experiments and maneuvering changes for ship reentry and descent over the Indian Ocean,
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,
SpaceX states on its website