{"id":68451,"date":"2024-03-07T12:15:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T12:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/spacex-sets-date-for-third-test-of-rocket-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T12:15:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T12:15:14","slug":"spacex-sets-date-for-third-test-of-rocket-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/spacex-sets-date-for-third-test-of-rocket-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX sets date for third test of rocket | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SpaceX sets next week as its launch date for third test flight of Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket. Contingent on Federal Aviation Administration, the rocket may launch \u201cas soon as March 14.”<\/p>\n

SpaceX announced the date on social media while launching a dedicated page for ‘launches’ section on its website. The Elon Musk- company will livestream the spectacular launch on its website and platform X, 30 minutes before launch.<\/p>\n

120 metres tall and 17 million pounds of thrust at launch, the Starship is double that of NASA\u2019s most powerful rocket, the new Space Launch System. The first two test flights of the Starship failed, exploding before reaching orbit in the first test.<\/p>\n

\u201cStarship\u2019s second flight test achieved a number of major milestones and provided invaluable data to continue rapidly developing Starship,\u201d SpaceX said<\/a> on its website. \u201cEach of these flight tests continue to be just that: a test. They aren\u2019t occurring in a lab or on a test stand, but are putting flight hardware in a flight environment to maximize learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Building up on their past failures, SpaceX said that, \u201cwhile attempting a number of ambitious objectives, including the successful ascent burn of both stages, opening and closing Starship\u2019s payload door, a propellant transfer demonstration during the upper stage\u2019s coast phase, the first ever re-light of a Raptor engine while in space, and a controlled reentry of Starship.\u201d<\/p>\n

SpaceX aims to create a spaceflight system capable of carrying both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the moon, and Mars. NASA has already signed a deal with the company to use a modified version of the Starship spacecraft to land two astronauts on the moon in the upcoming mission set for 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SpaceX sets next week as its launch date for third test flight of Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket. Contingent on Federal Aviation Administration, the rocket may launch \u201cas soon as March 14.” SpaceX announced the date on social media while launching a dedicated page for ‘launches’ section on its website. The Elon Musk- company […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/0121607581324-0\/0121607581324-0.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t