{"id":5587,"date":"2025-03-03T19:02:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=5587"},"modified":"2025-03-03T19:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:02:28","slug":"video-spacexs-starship-successfully-makes-vertical-water-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=5587","title":{"rendered":"Video: SpaceX\u2019s Starship Successfully Makes Vertical Water Landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Video: SpaceX\u2019s Starship Successfully Makes Vertical Water Landing<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Starship-300x157.png?resize=300%2C157&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Video: SpaceX\u2019s Starship Successfully Makes Vertical Water Landing\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;margin-right:10px;width:150px; height:150px;float:left;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Starship-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Starship-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Starship-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Starship-150x79.png 150w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Starship.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1865453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1865453\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1865453\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Starship.png?resize=1200%2C628&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Starship\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Starship.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Starship-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Starship-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Starship-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Starship-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1865453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screengrab from X video posted by Elon Musk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared a rare video of a Starship upper stage making a vertical water landing.<\/p>\n<p>The video, posted on X (formerly Twitter), is from Starship\u2019s sixth test flight (IFT-6) which took place on November 19, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>This test attracted even more attention as then-President elect Donald Trump was present at Starbase, Texas to witness the event.<\/p>\n<p>Musk announced that SpaceX would attempt another water landing in the upcoming Flight 8 test scheduled for today. The company has already received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the launch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is a real video of a past <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpaceX<\/a> Starship water landing.<\/p>\n<p>Trying again tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>We need to perfect ship reentry at extreme temperatures before attempting to catch the ship with the tower arms, like the booster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tss9Lb4fWr\">pic.twitter.com\/tss9Lb4fWr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1896239972195438598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The goal of these tests is to improve Starship\u2019s reentry and landing techniques. Musk explained that before attempting a tower-arm catch, SpaceX must first perfect reentry under extreme Musk explained that before attempting a tower-arm catch, SpaceX must first perfect reentry under extreme heat conditions.heat conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to perfect ship reentry at extreme temperatures before attempting to catch the ship with the tower arms, like the booster,\u201d he stated on X.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX has been working on a thermal protection system (TPS) for Starship to ensure it survives reentry. The spacecraft is equipped with specially designed heat shield tiles that can endure the intense temperatures caused by atmospheric friction and high-speed descent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Starship is the first ever rocket design capable of making life multiplanetary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9PUO0QSUSr\">pic.twitter.com\/9PUO0QSUSr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cb_doge\/status\/1896416989696139281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During the previous test, Flight 7, SpaceX removed some of these heat tiles from the ship\u2019s fake catch pins to assess how the metal would handle extreme conditions.<\/p>\n<p>However, this test ended with the destruction of Ship 33 due to a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly (RUD).<\/p>\n<p>Despite setbacks, SpaceX continues to refine its technology to make Starship fully reusable. A successful reentry is crucial to ensure the spacecraft reaches the launch tower intact for future missions.<\/p>\n<p>Each test brings SpaceX closer to its long-term goal of making space travel more efficient and sustainable.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reference: teslaoracle<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    MI News Network<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/shipping-news\/video-spacexs-starship-successfully-makes-vertical-water-landing\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=video-spacexs-starship-successfully-makes-vertical-water-landing\">Go to marine insight<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video: SpaceX\u2019s Starship Successfully Makes Vertical Water Landing Screengrab from X video posted by Elon Musk SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared a rare video of a Starship upper stage making a vertical water landing. The video, posted on X (formerly Twitter), is from Starship\u2019s sixth test flight (IFT-6) which took place on November 19, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,196],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-5587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marine-insight","category-shipping-news","tag-marine-insight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}