SpaceX fires up Starship SN5 rocket prototype, Elon Musk says it will 'hop soon'

sixth full-scale testing proto of X’s Starship has successfully completed a key static fire test after suffering setbacks during earlier attempts of previous versions. Taking to Twitter, X founder and CEO Elon Musk revealed that a static fire test of proto h alrey been completed and  firm will ‘soon’ perform a test flight of its Mars-bound craft Starship. 

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SN5 is latest version of Starship developmental craft. All of its prevoius versions—SN1, SN2, SN3, and SN4—were destroyed during testing except for SN2, which was retired in March 2020. X’s Starship craft and Super Heavy rocket (collectively referred to as Starship) represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth's orbit, Moon, Mars, and beyond. Starship will reportedly be world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, with ability to carry in excess of 100 metric tonnes to Earth orbit.

Starship is designed to deliver satellites furr and at a lower marginal cost per launch than X's current Falcon vehicles. With a paylo compartment larger than any fairing currently in operation or development, Starship creates possibilities for new missions, including telescopes even larger than James Webb. 

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Missions to Mars 

Speaking of future human missions to , US is t only country exploring Mars as China and UAE launched ir respective missions to Red Planet. On July 20, United Arab Emirates successfully launched Arab world’s first mission to Mars. UAE’s mission to red planet will be a seven-month journey, where it will orbit and send back data about Martian atmosphere. 

On or hand, China’s Tianwen-1 which translates to "questions to heaven", was launched on a Long March 5 rocket this month from Wenchang on Hainan Island. craft is expected to land on Mars in February 2021 around same time as NASA’s Perseverance rover and UAE’ Hope orbiter. Tianwen-1 orbiter is expected to provide scientific communication links to rover while it will carry out observation on dedicated Mars area for 1 year, which is approximately 687 days on Earth.  

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