{"id":275491,"date":"2024-03-15T01:26:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=328133"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:56:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:56:03","slug":"has-it-exploded-this-time-this-has-been-the-third-test-flight-of-starship-the-spacex-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/has-it-exploded-this-time-this-has-been-the-third-test-flight-of-starship-the-spacex-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Has it exploded this time? This has been the third test flight of Starship, the SpaceX rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today Thursday, <strong>SpaceX<\/strong> launched its <strong>Starship<\/strong> rocket again, in what has been its third test flight. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/elon-musk-is-facing-a-lawsuit-for-firing-spacex-employees-who-criticized-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> company launched Starship around 14:25 (Spanish peninsula time) from its <strong>Starbase<\/strong> facilities, located near Boca Chica, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"NASA App\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2cddcc48-a4d6-11e6-88af-00163ec9f5fa\/3678680588\/nasa-app-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">NASA App<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A complete success<\/strong> finally, Starship managed to reach space, <strong>going now further than in previous tests<\/strong>. SpaceX expects the flight to last one hour before ending in an attempt to land in the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1768271078999167379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">tweet<\/a> published shortly after the launch, Elon Musk congratulated the company on the milestone achieved today: &#8220;<strong>Starship has reached orbital velocity!<\/strong> Congratulations to the @SpaceX team!&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Starship | Preparing for Third Flight Test\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/97GOcZ08tc4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX conducted two flight tests of Starship <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/explosion-starship-resounding-failure-great-hit-spacex-elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in April<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/elon-musk-has-confessed-the-reason-for-the-mid-flight-explosion-of-the-starship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in November<\/a> of last year. Both flights lasted several minutes and gathered valuable information for the company, although they <strong>ultimately ended up exploding<\/strong> due to various contingencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When developing the Starship, SpaceX has placed special emphasis on an approach based on &#8220;what we have learned from previous flights&#8221;. The company states that its strategy focuses on the <strong>&#8220;recursive improvement&#8221; of the rocket<\/strong>, in which even <strong>test flights with &#8220;explosive results&#8221; represent progress<\/strong> towards its goal of achieving a fully reusable rocket that can take people to the Moon and Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"NASA App\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2cddcc48-a4d6-11e6-88af-00163ec9f5fa\/3678680588\/nasa-app-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">NASA App<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Thursday, SpaceX launched its Starship rocket again, in what has been its third test flight. Elon Musk&#8217;s company launched Starship around 14:25 (Spanish peninsula time) from its Starbase facilities, located near Boca Chica, Texas. A complete success finally, Starship managed to reach space, going now further than in previous tests. SpaceX expects the flight &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/has-it-exploded-this-time-this-has-been-the-third-test-flight-of-starship-the-spacex-rocket\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Has it exploded this time? This has been the third test flight of Starship, the SpaceX rocket&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":275493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-275491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314408,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275491\/revisions\/314408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275491"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=275491"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=275491"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=275491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}