SpaceX’s Starhopper has had an interesting week. It was initially supposed to take off from the company’s Texas launch facility on Monday evening, performing what is expected to be the last of its test flights before the company begins testing larger versions of Starship. That didn’t happen, and while the details of exactly went wrong are scarce, the company clearly knew how to correct them in short order.
Just one day later, SpaceX was ready to try again, and this time Starhopper’s powerful booster ignited as planned, lifting the spacecraft to an altitude of around 150 meters before it gently returned to solid ground.
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SpaceX launches Starhopper after earlier failed attempt originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 28 Aug 2019 at 13:51:24 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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