{"id":116072,"date":"2024-10-19T20:42:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T13:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116072"},"modified":"2024-10-19T20:42:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T13:42:44","slug":"watch-spacexs-starship-come-down-for-nighttime-splashdown-during-epic-test-flight-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116072","title":{"rendered":"Watch SpaceX&#8217;s Starship come down for nighttime splashdown during epic test flight (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>SpaceX has given us another angle on the epic fifth test flight of its Starship megarocket.<\/p>\n<p>The company made history on that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-flight-5-launch-super-heavy-booster-catch-success-video\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-flight-5-launch-super-heavy-booster-catch-success-video\">Oct. 13 mission<\/a>, catching <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-super-heavy.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-super-heavy.html\">Starship<\/a>&#8216;s Super Heavy first-stage booster <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-flight-5-launch-super-heavy-booster-catch-success-video\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-flight-5-launch-super-heavy-booster-catch-success-video\">with the &#8220;chopstick&#8221; arms<\/a> of the launch tower about seven minutes after liftoff.<\/p>\n<p>But Starship&#8217;s 165-foot-tall (50 meters) upper stage \u2014\u00a0known as Starship, or just Ship \u2014 aced its return to Earth as well. It came down for a pinpoint splashdown halfway around the world from its South Texas launch site, as a newly released video from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18853-spacex.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18853-spacex.html\">SpaceX<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1990px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.23%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a rocket comes down for a splashdown in the ocean at night\" class=\"expandable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uR2jHFPFWqYCCLx53EpVGF.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">The upper stage of SpaceX&#8217;s fifth Starship vehicle comes down for a splashdown in the Indian Ocean on Oct. 13, 2024. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SpaceX via X)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Starship flip maneuver and landing burn on its fifth flight test. Vehicle improvements ensured flaps were protected from high heating, resulting in a controlled entry and high-accuracy splashdown at the targeted area in the Indian Ocean,&#8221; SpaceX wrote in a Friday (Oct. 18) <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1847368836947071496\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1847368836947071496\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a> that shared the 21-second video.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>That video was taken from the ocean&#8217;s surface, from a buoy or other bobbing object, as SpaceX founder and CEO <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18849-elon-musk.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18849-elon-musk.html\">Elon Musk<\/a> noted in a jokey reply to the company&#8217;s post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh buoy, what a great video!&#8221; Musk <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1847390832699306189\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1847390832699306189\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-super-heavy.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-super-heavy.html\"><strong>Starship and Super Heavy explained<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-VTJuqCH59ghxRLsVA9E9ej\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-VTJuqCH59ghxRLsVA9E9ej slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There may not be many more ocean splashdowns in Ship&#8217;s future. SpaceX plans to bring the upper stage as well as Super Heavy back for launch-tower landings in the future \u2014\u00a0something that seems quite achievable given the performance on Flight 5, according to Musk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Starship achieved a precise, soft landing in the ocean, paving the way for return to launch site and being caught by the tower arms, like the booster. Full &amp; rapid reusability improves the cost of access to orbit &amp; beyond by &gt;10,000%. It is the fundamental technology breakthrough needed to make life multiplanetary and for us to become a true spacefaring civilization,&#8221; the billionaire entrepreneur wrote in another <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1847390573130367479\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1847390573130367479\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">Friday X post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As that post notes, SpaceX is developing Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, to help humanity settle the moon and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/47-mars-the-red-planet-fourth-planet-from-the-sun.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/47-mars-the-red-planet-fourth-planet-from-the-sun.html\">Mars<\/a>. The company believes that its combination of brawn and full, rapid reusability can help make such long-held dreams come true. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-flight-five-splashdown-video\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX has given us another angle on the epic fifth test flight of its Starship megarocket. 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