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On the morning of August 27, Beijing time, the Starship carried out its tenth test flight in Texas.

About an hour after the launch, the starcraft's superheavy propeller completed its landing in the Gulf of Mexico, and SpaceX confirmed the tenth test flight completed.

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One hour of flying half the earth, Musk's spacecraft finally succeeded, the scene cheers and applause sounded into one.

The new generation of heavy-duty carrier rocket "Starcraft" of the U.S. Space Exploration Technology Company launched from Texas on the 26th at 18.30 AM (Beijing time on the 27th at 7.30 AM).Implement the tenth test flight¡£

The key goals of this mission include deploying simulated satellites by the spacecraft and conducting engine re-ignition tests in space.

"Starship" launches from Texas for 10th test flight

According to the plan, the rocket booster will fall into the Gulf of Mexico region and will not return to the launch site.

According to the live broadcast footage, during the test flight, the "Starship" flew halfway around the world in an hour, and finally successfully splashed into the Indian Ocean. Cheers and applause broke out at the launch site.

The spacecraft flew half the earth for an hour and finally landed in the Indian Ocean.

Launch scene and applause.

According to previous reports, the "Starship" originally planned to conduct its tenth test flight at around 7:30 on August 25, Beijing time. The test tasks include: the first-stage booster fell off and controlled splash down, the second-stage spacecraft entered space, the spacecraft reignited the engine and deployed the simulated satellite it carried.

On the 21st, SpaceX founder Musk posted a shining photo of the spacecraft on social media with the caption: "Ready to launch the 'Starship'."

On the night of the 24th, until the last moment before the test flight, SpaceX confirmed the cancellation, saying that due to "ground system problems" indicated problems with the launcher and related supporting infrastructure.

According to reports, the "starship" consists of two parts. The first stage is a "super heavy" booster about 70 meters long, and the second stage is a "starship" spacecraft. Both stages can be reused. Previously, SpaceX had successfully tested the "chopstick rocket" recycling method, which was unprecedented.

The significance of the "Starship" test flight is that if successful, it is expected to become an innovative force in the space field. Its design goal is to send people and cargo to Earth orbit, the moon and even Mars, with its first test flight in April 2023.

In March, Mr. Musk said Starship would land on Mars by the end of 2026 aboard Optimus Prime, a humanoid Tesla robot. If all goes well, a manned mission to Mars "could happen as early as 2029, although 2031 is more likely".

In addition, with NASA planning to send astronauts back to the moon by the middle of 2027 at the earliest, ¡°Starfish¡± is also considered critical.

However, it is not uncommon for test flights to encounter problems. Weather, technical and other issues may have an impact, not to mention this is a new generation of heavy launch vehicles.

It can be said that the tenth test flight was carried out at a time when SpaceX was defeated.Return to the previous three flights this year, the "Starcraft" ended with the dismantling of the spacecraft or the explosion of the propeller.

In the seventh and eighth test flights conducted in January and March this year, the first-stage booster of the rocket successfully recovered the launch tower "chopsticks clip rocket", but the second-stage spacecraft quickly disintegrated during the ascent. At that time, the scene where the fragments of the second stage spacecraft of the "Starship" turned into a meteor shower was impressive.

In May, "Starship" was launched from Texas for its ninth test flight. However, the first-stage booster of the rocket exploded and the second-stage spacecraft of the rocket lost control.