CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Musk’s private space company, it is the future. Its success or failure may determine whether the company achieves his dreams. Since 2010, SpaceX has been flying Falcon 9, a rocket with a reusable booster that has become one of the most dominant launch vehicles in global spaceflight.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first prototype, Starhopper, performed several static fires and low-altitude flights. Seven of Starship’s upper stage prototypes were flight tested between August 2020 and May 2021. The last of the seven, a full-size Starship SN15, successfully landed after reaching an altitude of 10 kilometers (6.2 mi).

Detailed explanation-3: -Starship SN15 On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, Starship serial number 15 (SN15) successfully completed SpaceX’s fifth high-altitude flight test of a Starship prototype from Starbase in Texas.

Detailed explanation-4: -SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says his company’s massive Starship rocket could complete its first orbital flight test as soon as October 2022. If the flight is a success, SpaceX will be a major step closer to its goals of revolutionizing spaceflight - and making humans a multi-planetary species.

Detailed explanation-5: -The workhorse rocket of the SpaceX fleet is the Falcon 9, and one of its features is reusability. Falcon 9 hefts much more cargo than Falcon 1: 28, 991 lbs. (13, 150 kilograms) to low Earth orbit, compared to Falcon 1’s capacity of 1, 480 lbs. (670 kg).