SpaceX, led by Elon Muskem, is preparing for further testing its massive star rackets this Sunday after a series of recent failures that have led some of the doubts about the feasibility of the project.
The powerful starting vehicle, currently the strongest in the world, is scheduled to take off from Starbase facilities in South Texas at 18:30 local time (2330 GMT) (5:00 ist), which denotes its tenth years.
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The mission is designed to test the upper phase of the rocket through a series of maneuvers as it travels halfway around the world before performing a controlled spraying in the Indian Ocean.
Unlike previous attempts, SpaceX does not attempt to restore the booster phase using a massive “wand” of the shoulder.
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The star plays a key role in the long -term vision of Elon Musk to establish a human presence on Mars. At the same time, NASA relies on a specially adapted version of the vehicle, which serves as a lunar land for its Artemis program to return astronauts to the Moon.
However, all three test flights in 2025 ended up in the upper phase – twice in fiery cascades over the Caribbean islands and once after reaching the space. In June another upper phase exploded on the ground during the “static fire” test, reported AFP,
SpaceX “Fail Fast, Leard Fast” Ethos has long been attributed to a remarkable record, which thanks to his family Falcon Rocket commanding a global lead.
Starship’s non -maintenance, however, has raised doubts as to whether society can repeat this success with the largest and strongest missile in history.
“A lot of pressure”
Dallas Kasaboski, a space analyst for the consulting firm Analysiss Mason, said AFP that the recent failure began to take the gold reputation of SpaceX.
“I think there is a lot of pressure on this mission,” he said. “We had so many tests and it was not reliable – the successes did not exceed failure.”
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He added: “SpaceX builds starry boats that are lighter in an effort to increase the useful load on a usable level, but therefore make them much weaker than they should be” – leading to structural failure observed during recent tests, AFP said.
Even with the successful tenth test lies ahead of us significant technical challenges-including achieving full, quick repeatability at a low price and demonstrating the ability to complement the super chilled drive in orbit, a critical requirement for deep space exploration.
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Despite these obstacles and criticism of environmental groups over the ecological impact of the SpaceX missile, it continues to promote. The company increases its start schedule and expands the infrastructure in Florida, with a new starting and landing equipment in Kennedy Space Centers.
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