Elon Musk tweets 'Mars is looking real' as SpaceX completes test flight of Starship

As X’s ‘Starship’ craft successfully completed a test flight on August 4 taking off from a launchp at a facility in South Texas, US, X CEO Elon Musk tweeted, “Mars is looking real."  uncrewed test vehicle is a proto of X's next-generation Starship that flew to an altitude of 150m (500ft). In a post shared by Martian Austin Barnard,  Starship SN5 test vehicle can be seen taking off for about 40 seconds from vill of Boca Chica, a major revolutionary event towards exploration of  celestial body.  

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At around 7:57 p.m. EDT (2357 GMT; 6:57 p.m. local Texas time),  SN5, X’s second Starship proto, however, first this year, took off Earth for Red Planet. Featuring a single Raptor, X's next-generation engine,  stainless-steel SN5 successfully launched without pressurization or engine-firing glitch, according to a report. However, Musk h earlier said that final Starship vehicle will sport six Raptors, stand about 165 feet (50 m) tall and be capable of carrying up to 100 people, a report confirmed. In fact, SN5 was previously assumed to target a maximum altitude of about 500 feet (150 meters). 

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Delighted and hopeful at launch

“Beginning of a new era,” Barnard post mentioned in caption. Operational Starship would be capable eugh to explore Mars and moon simultaneously and will launch on a 31 Raptors X rocket, Super Heavy, as per reports. Internet was both delighted and hopeful at launch and poured various reactions. “This is such a big day for . Congrats to you and hardworking X team. Make us Multiplanetary!!” a user wrote. “Can we all just take a moment to mire how beautiful Raptor flame is,” said ar.  

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