SpaceX Starship launches on 2nd integrated test flight, booster explodes after separation
18 November 2023
SpaceX Starship 25 and Super Heavy booster 9 launched to orbit on 18 November 2023 from the Starbase facility in South Texas.
Following the launch, the booster had a Rapid Unplanned Disassembly (RUD) shortly after separation.
Starship consists of a first-stage booster called Super Heavy and an upper-stage spacecraft known (a bit confusingly) as Starship.
Both of these elements are designed to be fully and rapidly reusable.
SpaceX thinks the vehicle will make the settlement of Mars ā a long-held dream of company founder and CEO Elon Musk ā economically feasible in the not-too-distant future.
When fully stacked, Starship stands nearly 400 feet (122 meters) tall. It's the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built.
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