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‘Mars is looking real’: SpaceX’s Starship prototype SN5 aces key ‘hop’ towards interplanetary travel – Firstpost
The stainless-steel craft lifted itself into the air, and travelled sideways in a brief, uncrewed flight before sticking its landing as planned.
tech2 News StaffAug 05, 2020 11:35:41 IST
SpaceXs full-scale Starship prototype, the SN5, has successfully completed its first 150-m “hop” test, where its engines fired and lifted the spacecraft into the air for about 40 seconds before returning to land on its designated landing site. This is the first time in a year that a Starship prototype has flown, after many iterations of the Mars spacecraft hit roadblocks in tests of its engine or pressurization.
The stainless-steel SN5 lifted itself in…
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