I still have questions, this is one possible answer to the Flight Termination System question.

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Starship will be the most powerful rocket in history, capable of carrying humans to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Watch the plasma build up around SpaceX Starship during its atmospheric re-entry on March 14, 2024. Watch the launch: https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-third-test-flight-launch Credit: SpaceX

5+ million views and so many associations of what this prototype looks like. I want to thank you all for making this Shorts video such a success. Please check out my beer can version of it https://youtube.com/shorts/vVo8mxv_ppk AND SpaceX has just put the full Starship stack up at their launch site, hence I wanted to share the links to these two videos and the playlist. https://youtube.com/shorts/K1AGik6Mg7Q https://youtube.com/shorts/oJYy_fV4F74 Rocket Launces & More playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GuZv_A9dKM&list=PLI2w6UAfVLhuhi2EqxNV9tHotFTfzotu9 Starship | SN5 | 150m Flight Test #shorts 4 August 2020 23:57 Launch Site: Suborbital Pad A, Boca Chica, Texas Flight apogee: 150 m (492 ft) Duration: ~45 seconds #SpaceX #Starship #SN5 #FlightTest #SpaceMission #RocketLaunch #SpaceExploration

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SpaceX is performing a test flight of Starship SN15. The prototype will aim to be the first Starship vehicle to softly land during a high altitude flight test. Like the previous Starship prototypes, SN15 is expected to fly to approximately 10 kilometers. Updates: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=52398.0 Articles: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/starship/ Shop: https://shop.nasaspaceflight.com/ 00:00:00 – NSF Intro 00:00:50 – Waiting Game Begins 00:02:00 – Waiting Game Continues 07:49:51 – Vehicles Leave Pad 08:32:12 – Recondenser 09:11:10 – Engine Chill 09:23:02 – Launch 09:28:47 – Landing 09:31:26 – This is fine 09:35:20 – Fire Extinguished 09:38:10 – Landing Nominal, Vehicle Safing Continues

SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket exploded minutes after it cleared the launch pad during a flight test Thursday. Elon Musk had said the test posed steep challenges and risks. Photo: SpaceX #Starship #ElonMusk #WSJ

This is SpaceX’s full journey from Earth to Mars and back. #shorts

In this video, we dive into the futuristic and awe-inspiring process of how SpaceX plans to catch the Super Heavy booster using Mechazilla, an innovative robotic arm structure.

On December 9, 2020, Starship serial number 8 (SN8) completed a high-altitude flight test as it successfully ascended, transitioned propellant, and demonstrated a first-of-its-kind controlled aerodynamic descent and landing flip maneuver – which will enable landing where prepared surfaces or runways do not exist, including the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

On Wednesday, December 9, Starship serial number 8 (SN8) lifted off from our Cameron County launch pad and successfully ascended, transitioned propellant, and performed its landing flip maneuver with precise flap control to reach its landing point. Low pressure in the fuel header tank during the landing burn led to high touchdown velocity resulting in a hard (and exciting!) landing. Thank you to all the locals supporting our efforts in Cameron County and beyond. Congratulations to the entire Starship and SpaceX teams on today’s test! Serial number 9 (SN9) is up next – Mars, here we come!

On Wednesday, March 3, Starship serial number (SN10) successfully completed SpaceX’s third high-altitude flight test of a Starship prototype from our site in Cameron County, Texas. 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. SN10 performed a propellant transition to the internal header tanks, which hold landing propellant, before reorienting itself for reentry and a controlled aerodynamic descent. The Starship prototype descended under active aerodynamic control, accomplished by independent movement of two forward and two aft flaps on the vehicle. All four flaps were actuated by an onboard flight computer to control Starship’s attitude during flight and enabled a precise landing at the intended location. SN10’s Raptor engines reignited as the vehicle performed the landing flip maneuver immediately before successfully touching down on the landing pad! As if the flight test was not exciting enough, SN10 experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly shortly after landing. These test flights are all about improving our understanding and development of a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo on long-duration interplanetary flights, and help humanity return to the Moon, and travel to Mars and beyond.

Headphones on! SpaceX Starship Ship 24 conducts a single raptor engine static fire. Audio captured by Andrew Keating. #SpaceX #Starship #ship24 #cinematography # rocket # Space