[arista]

[ Trump joins Musk to watch Starship test launch
President-elect Donald Trump joined Elon Musk
in Brownsville, Texas to watch the sixth
test launch of a SpaceX Starship spacecraft.

SpaceX was reattempting an operation
where the rocket booster is caught
in a landing dock on its return to Earth,
which was achieved for the first time
during Starship's fifth test flight.

But due to an issue, SpaceX aborted
the plan and the booster splashed
down in the Gulf of Mexico,
after just minutes in the air.]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cz9x2nk1jyvo

1mins clip on the above link

[arista]

Thursday/Friday

SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch


[The latest test of Space X's giant
Starship rocket has failed,
minutes after launch.
Officials at Elon Musk's company said
the upper stage was lost after problems
developed after lift-off from Texas on Thursday.

The mission came hours after the
first flight of the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket system,
backed by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos.

The two tech billionaires both want
to dominate the space vehicle market.

"Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled
disassembly during its ascent burn.
Teams will continue to review data from today's flight
test to better understand root cause,"
SpaceX posted on X.

"With a test like this, success comes from what
we learn, and today's flight will help us
improve Starship's reliability."

SpaceX's Starship system had lifted off
from Boca Chica, Texas, at 17:38 EST (22:38 GMT)
in the company's seventh test mission.

The Starship upper stage separated
from its Super Heavy booster nearly
four minutes into flight as planned.

But then SpaceX Communications Manager
Dan Huot reported on a live stream that
mission teams had lost contact with the ship.

In a webcast, SpaceX's Kate Tice said:
"At this point in time,
we can confirm we did lose the ship."

"We always knew that excitement is
guaranteed today, success not guaranteed,"
she added.]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy77x09y0po

[arista]

[James]

Youtube video

[bots]

it looked very pretty in a macabre sort of way

[arista]

Originally Posted by James

Youtube video

Yes alot of money Gone.....

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by arista

Me on New Year’s Eve at midnight, “new year….

[arista]

SkyNewsHD Live
showed the Rocket half engine landed in the Chops Sticks
all fine.

But then as the rest went onwards
they lost all the signals, (again) sadly.

[Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket spiraled
out of control and exploded in space,
sparking flight diversions
and air traffic chaos as debris falls from the sky.
It marked a disappointing end to what
appeared to be a successful launch,
as the billionaire works toward
his goal of sending humans to Mars.

A ground stop has been ordered
across airports in Florida,
including Miami, Orlando,
Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale,
as a result of the explosion as debris
plummets into Earth.]


[These missions would also have no crews,
just like Monday's planned flight test,
and would see if the vehicles could
successfully land on Mars.
Musk noted he's hoping his company will launch
a total of five starships to Mars in 2026.]


As it went up, all looked good.

But then No Signal
once in space.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ound-stop.html



BBC:
[SpaceX rocket spins out of control
in test flight failure

SpaceX, the private space company
owned by Elon Musk, sent up its
eight Starship test flight.
As pioneered by the company,
the launch tower successfully caught
the rocket booster, but the rocket
itself spun out of control.

It is the second consecutive
Starship test flight failure.]

Brief Video on this link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c5yxk9yvyvko

[arista]

SpaceX
has just landed in off San Diego
in the sea.

Safe and sound
4 on board


[SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A sonic boom
expected to break the silence in the middle
of the night Tuesday as a SpaceX
spacecraft carrying a crew
splash down off the coast of San Diego.

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft undocked from the
International Space Station
Monday,
carrying Ax-4 astronauts Peggy Whitson,
Shubhandshu Shukla,
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski,
and Tibor Kapu.

SpaceX launch seen from San Diego area]