SpaceX's Starship Back To Launch Pad After Recent Fiery Mishap; Elon Musk - NB Inspire

SpaceX brought the Booster 7 back to the launch pad at Starbase facility in Bora Chica, Texas, Elon Musk shared a picture of the booster being hauled for tests. 

Just a few weeks after experiencing a fiery incident, SpaceX hauled its massive starship rocker back to the launch pad for another round of testing at the Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Earlier on jily 11th name the engines of the Starship rocket' s first stage, named Booster 7, were ignited during a static fire test following which they unexpectedly caught fire.

Following the incident, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that the issue was related to the engine spin start test as a result of igniting all Booster 7's 33 engines at once. The first stage booster is second stage Starship spacecraft has six engines. When combined, the two components from the Starship rocket stand 394 feet ( 120 meters) tall.

Meanwhile, SpaceX has learnt a lesson learned from the recent mishap and will not practice precautions to avoid another incident. Musk on Saturday, shared, a picture of the 230 feet-tall (69m) Booster 7 being rolled out to the launch pad for a static fire test. "Hustling to get Starship Booster 7 back to back to pad to test outer ring of 20 engines," Musk wrote in his tweet, confirming that the forthcoming test world only involve the firing of 20 engines in the outer ring.

SpaceX falls short of meeting the deadline again

Earlier in mid-june, Musk had predicted that Starship will be "ready to fly" in July and that we would see monthly launches after August. However, the recent incident seems to have pushed SpaceX way behind its schedule. On the other hand, the company also needs a launch permit from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which gave a green light to proceed with Starship's development, but asked to make some adjustments for a launch license. 

Starship is SpaceX's flagship rocket which would be used on deep space missions including those to Mars, however, it has yet to complete its first orbital launch. Notably, NASA has also awarded Musk's firm a multi- billion dollar contract to build a Starship for transporting crew and cargo to the Moon.