Watch Starship SN8 Do a Fun Flip Maneuver (GIFs)
Elon Musk's Starships have come a long way in the past few years. And the latest trick these rockets can do is pretty darn cool. When the Starships eventually start reaching other planets like Mars or our Moon, there isn't a nice flat landing strip to land on. The solution is that the Starships are now able to do a "controlled aerodynamic descent and landing flip maneuver" - or a fun flippy flip as we like to call it. We're all for spaceships doing flips. View the whole video on YouTube.
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3...2...1... Blastoff!
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We have takeoff
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Zooming away from the Earth
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First engine cutoff
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Second engine cutoff
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Liquid oxygen release
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Third engine cutofff
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Reorientating...
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Closing those flappy flaps
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Faaalllingggg
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Tricked you! Just flipping
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Little twist and...
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Back to the ground.
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