SpaceX's massive Starship rocket achieved its first ever splashdown during a test flight Thursday, in a major milestone for the prototype system that may one day send humans to Mars. NASA chief Bill Nelson wrote on X. 'We are another step closer to returning humanity to the Moon through #Artemis -- then looking onward to Mars.
Sparks and debris came flying off SpaceX's starship as it descended over the Indian Ocean northwest of Australia, dramatic video footage from on an onboard camera showed. Photo: Handout / SPACEX/AFPSpaceX's massive Starship rocket achieved its first ever splashdown during a test flight Thursday, in a major milestone for the prototype system that may one day send humans to Mars.
"The payload for these flight tests is data," SpaceX said on X, a mantra repeated by the commentary team throughout the flight. "Congratulations SpaceX on Starship's successful test flight this morning!" NASA chief Bill Nelson wrote on X."We are another step closer to returning humanity to the Moon through #Artemis -- then looking onward to Mars."
SpaceX's strategy of carrying out tests in the real world rather than in labs has paid off in the past.
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