{"id":778908,"date":"2024-03-14T10:59:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T15:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=778908"},"modified":"2024-03-14T10:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T15:59:56","slug":"spacexs-massive-starship-launches-successfully-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=778908","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX’s massive Starship launches successfully : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n \n <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n

\n The SpaceX Starship spacecraft lifts off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday.
\n <\/p>\n

Chandan Khanna\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

<\/b>
\n hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n <\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Chandan Khanna\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n \"\"\/
\n <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

The SpaceX Starship spacecraft lifts off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Chandan Khanna\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

SpaceX has successfully conducted a test launch of its massive Starship rocket. The rocket took off from the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, at 9:25 a.m. ET. <\/p>\n

The liftoff was smooth, as all 33 of the Starship’s “Super Heavy” booster engines fired in synchrony. The giant rocket lumbered off the pad, climbed out over the Gulf of Mexico and then the Starship separated cleanly from the booster and proceeded to orbit, where it began a series of in-flight tests.<\/p>\n

Starship’s Super Heavy booster appears to have been lost shortly before landing in the Gulf. <\/p>\n