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SpaceX might try to fly the first Starship prototype to successfully land a second time - TechCrunch

SpaceX might try to fly the first Starship prototype to successfully land a second time - TechCrunch

SpaceX might try to fly the first Starship prototype to successfully land a second time - TechCrunch
May 07, 2021 27 secs

Now, Musk says they could fly the same prototype a second time, a first for the Starship test and development effort.

The successful launch and landing on Wednesday included an ascent to around 30,000 feet, where the 150-foot-tall spacecraft flipped onto its “belly” and then descended back to Earth, returning vertical and firing its engines to slow its descent and touch down softly, standing upright.

This atmospheric testing is a key step meant to help prove out the technologies and systems that will later help Starship return to Earth after its orbital launches.

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