No explosions so far. richard lawler. Senior News Editor. Wed, May 5, 2021, 6:37 PM ... as SN15 took off Wednesday afternoon and returned to the pad in Boca Chica, TX.

STARLINK SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE GETS 500,000 PREORDERS, MUSK SAYS. The uncrewed SN15 Starship launched at about 5:23 p.m. local time from the SpaceX facility in Boca Chica, Texas.

SN15’s Raptor engines reignited as the vehicle made a landing flip maneuver immediately before touching down on the landing pad adjacent to the launch mount. A controlled aerodynamic descent with body ...

SpaceX's SN15 Starship prototype's job isn't over. According to a Friday tweet by CEO Elon Musk, the company "might try to refly SN15 soon." ...

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 ...

But the current prototype, known as SN15, appeared to pull off its first flight in fine fashion, a welcome milestone for SpaceX and for NASA, which is counting on a future variant of the rocket to ...

SpaceX scrubbed todays planned test flight of Starship SN15. This will be the fifth attempt to fly to 10 kilometers and return and land safely. The SN15 has had a lot of new modifications and improved ...

Might try to refly SN15 soon — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 7, 2021 It's always hard to know what Musk means by "soon." We've typically had to wait about a month in between Starship test flights.

SpaceX previously promised major upgrades were being integrated into SN15. Interestingly, the company skipped SN12, SN13, and SN14 prototypes, which were never completely assembled.

SpaceX also "might try to refly [Starship] SN15 soon," Musk wrote in a May 7 tweet. More on Starship: Japanese Billionaire Buys Passage to International Space Station. Share This Article.

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SpaceX successfully landed its SN15 Starship prototype on Wednesday, overcoming a major development hurdle in Elon Musk’s Mars rocket test campaign.