Elon Musk says Starship has a '~50 percent probability of reaching orbital velocity' during its upcoming second test flight.
after some Raptor engines stopped working and the rocket started to spin out of control at a high altitude.
The immense power of Starship at liftoff saw the rocket blow a crater into the launchpad, which spread debris far and wide. SpaceX has since installed a water deluge system designed to prevent Starship's Raptor engines from damaging the launch pad.The Starship program is part of Elon Musk's plan for helping to send humans to Mars and make humanity an interplanetary species.
If all goes according to plan, Starship's second flight test will involve Booster 9 sending Ship 25 to orbit. Ship 25 will partially orbit Earth before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. However, reaching orbit is not guaranteed.
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