SpaceX s offshore spaceport Deimos to be ready for launch next year: Elon Musk
The offshore spaceport is expected to serve as the launchpad and landing platform for the SpaceX Starship. Musk plans to send this spacecraft to Mars
BusinessToday.In | May 31, 2021 | Updated 16:51 IST
Earlier, in February 2021, Musk had stated that one of the offshore spaceports would be operational by end of 2021
Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated on Sunday that SpaceX s offshore spaceport Deimos is under construction and will begin operations next year. Space exploration enthusiast Musk revealed this information on Twitter.
The Tesla CEO quote tweeted a rendered image of the upcoming spaceport shared by a fan. Musk wrote, Ocean spaceport Deimos is under construction for launch next year. SpaceX s offshore spaceport is part of the upcoming Starship rocket system.
07 May 2021, 04:05 am
On Thursday, May 6, four SpaceX astronauts aboard the Dragon capsule successfully came back to Earth after their exploration in the International Space Station (ISS) which lasted for more than 160 days.
There are many words to describe how they plunged into the ocean for their official homecoming from space.
How SpaceX Astronauts Describe Their Return to the Planet
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PANAMA CITY, FL. - MAY 02: In this NASA handout, NASA astronaut Victor Glover is helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship after he, NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker, and Victor Glover, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, Sunday, May 2, 2021. NASAs SpaceX Crew-1 mission was the first crew rotation flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the agency s Commercial Cr