{"id":23040,"date":"2020-12-11T19:08:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T11:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-shares-up-close-photos-from-starship-sn8-high-altitude-flight-test-gallery\/"},"modified":"2020-12-11T19:08:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T11:08:27","slug":"spacex-shares-up-close-photos-from-starship-sn8-high-altitude-flight-test-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-shares-up-close-photos-from-starship-sn8-high-altitude-flight-test-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX shares up-close photos from Starship SN8 high-altitude flight test [Gallery]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday, SpaceX completed a semi-successful high-altitude flight test using a prototype Starship rocket called SN8. The rocket was successfully able to launch and readjust itself in an attempt to slow its speed for landing. However, the landing ended in a fiery explosion that SpaceX says it was expecting.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-8356\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the company is sharing some official photos of Starship SN8 prior to and during the launch. The photos are rather beautiful; you can take a look at them in the gallery below. You can also view the photos that one of our own photographers, Seth Kurkowski, took while at the launch site. <\/p>\n<figure data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:10,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/12\/10\/spacex-shares-up-close-photos-from-starship-sn8-high-altitude-flight-test-gallery\/&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open image in full-screen.\">\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1148\" data-attachment-id=\"8358\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/12\/10\/spacex-shares-up-close-photos-from-starship-sn8-high-altitude-flight-test-gallery\/starship-sn8-test1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" 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width=\"2047\" height=\"1340\" data-attachment-id=\"8359\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/12\/10\/spacex-shares-up-close-photos-from-starship-sn8-high-altitude-flight-test-gallery\/starship-sn8-test2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"2047,1340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Starship-SN8-test2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\n\n<p>Image: Seth Kurkowski<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/Starship-SN8-test2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1000&#8243; alt=&#8221;&#8221; data-id=&#8221;8359&#8243; 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