SpaceX Starship Rocket Prototype Achieves First Safe Landing

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6 May 2021 14:16 WIB

SpaceX conducts a test launch of its SN15 starship prototype from the company's starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S. May 5, 2021. A prototype of SpaceX's Starship rocket soared into the south Texas sky in a high-altitude test launch on Wednesday, then flew back to Earth to touch down safely for the first time, after four previous return-landing attempts ended in explosions. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

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SpaceX SN15 starship prototype comes in for a successful landing for the first time from the company's starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S. May 5, 2021. The Starship SN15 blasted off from the SpaceX launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, along the Gulf Coast and reached its planned maximum altitude of 10 kilometers (6 miles), then hovered momentarily in midair before flying nose-down under aerodynamic control back toward Earth. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

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SpaceX SN15 starship prototype comes in for a successful landing for the first time from the company's starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S. May 5, 2021. Maneuvering itself back into vertical position under rocket thrust as it approached the ground, the 16-story, three-engine vehicle than descended to a gentle touchdown on its landing gear. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

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SpaceX SN15 starship prototype liftoffs from the company's starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S. May 5, 2021. Four previous test flights of Starship prototypes - SN8 in December, SN9 in February and SN10 and SN11 in March - all blasted off successfully but blew to pieces either during or just after landing. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

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