"Elon Musk Sets Ambitious Goals for SpaceX's Starship Reentry Tests"

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Source: Benzinga
"Elon Musk Sets Ambitious Goals for SpaceX's Starship Reentry Tests"
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Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing for the next test flight of its Starship, the largest flying object ever made, with the goal of successfully enduring the extreme heat of reentry. Starship is designed for interplanetary travel, satellite delivery, and Earth transport. In its previous test flight, mission control lost communication with the spacecraft during re-entry. SpaceX has now fired up all six Raptor engines ahead of the fourth flight, expected to take place in early May.

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