日期：2025.5.29
文章級別：中級
節錄自：SpaceX launches Starship on ninth attempt, RTHK＊＊＊＊＊
A SpaceX Starship rocket roared into space from Texas on Tuesday on its ninth uncrewed test launch, flying farther than the last two attempts.
The two-stage spacecraft, consisting of the Starship vessel mounted atop a towering SpaceX Super Heavy rocket booster, blasted off at about 7:36 pm from the company's Starbase launch site on the Gulf Coast of Texas near Brownsville.
A live SpaceX webcast of the liftoff showed the rocketship rising from the launch tower into the early evening sky as the Super Heavy's cluster of powerful Raptor engines thundered to life in a ball of flame and billowing clouds of exhaust and water vapour.
SpaceX launched the Starship system with a previously flown Super Heavy booster for the first time, aiming to achieve a key demonstration of its reusability.
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閱讀理解題目
- Was the launch mentioned in the article the first attempt?
- Name the two major parts of the SpaceX Starship.
- Why was Starship launched with a previously flown booster?
