Elon Musk's company SpaceX is building a rocket called 'Starship' to carry people and goods on Mars. In the meantime, he has conducted several tests. Although the flight was successful, it was not possible to land successfully. But yesterday Wednesday was different.
The test rocket was launched from Texas in the United States yesterday, CNN reported. The long silver structure flew off the ground and showed 'exercise' for a while over six miles. Then the two engines ignited again. Comes back to the landing pad. As long as the coil of fire and smoke was to be cleared, then the staff of SpaceX must have burst out in joy. Because Divya was standing rocket, has been a successful landing.
The code name of the test rocket is 'SN15'. Attempts were made to land such a rocket five times in total. Elon Musk confirmed the successful landing on Twitter. The rocket exploded in all four of the previous four tests.
Elon Musk dreams of one day sending people to Mars to build a settlement. And then the starship rocket will act as a vehicle. He is moving in that direction. Testing of the SN15 model is part of that.
The latest model is more advanced than ever before. SpaceX claims that the SN15 model's components, communications and navigation systems, software and giant raptor engines have been improved.
Elon Musk told a news conference in September 2019 how the starship will land. Even if it flies vertically, the rocket will be parallel to the ground during landing. When the engine comes close to the ground and ignites, it will come down to the ground vertically again. Will stand on four legs. In Musk's words, the way the skydivers cut through the air, the rocket will land by imitating that technique. He mentioned that the strategy is essential for carrying people and goods on long journeys. And it is important to ensure multiple uses of one rocket to reduce costs.
The previous model of the SN15, the SN11, caught fire and exploded during landing, scattering pieces of equipment around. Its previous model, the SN10, landed properly but exploded three minutes later.
Despite the successful landing of the SN15, it is not even close to being sent to Mars, as Elon Musk says of the rocket. Mars requires many more powerful rockets. Most test rockets currently use only three engines. However, the final spacecraft should have more than 30 engines. There will be a huge rocket booster. Named 'Super Heavy', SpaceX has not yet tested the rocket booster in public. Yet Elon Musk hopes it will be possible to send a starship into nearby orbit within a year.
Artemis, NASA's mission to send people to the moon, is also expected to use a slightly modified version of the starship. SpaceX also has a contract with NASA. However, NASA has suspended the agreement based on the allegations of two competing organizations.