SpaceX’s Starship explodes on the ground during a routine test

The Spacex Lasship vehicle exploded again, this time, it happened before it took off. Nasaspaceflight It captured the event on the live broadcast, where you can see the spacecraft (Ship 36) suddenly explode into a fiery ball after the company tested its front flap and before it is supposed to take a fixed fire test. “I witnessed great anomaly” while it was in a position in the StarBase facility, Texas.

Since Spacex maintained a clear safety area around the car, all its members were safe and calculated. He also said that there is no danger to the nearby population, but he asks people not to approach the area. According to the local authorities, the explosion occurred due to a “catastrophic failure”. No injuries were reported, and the investigation is already underway to determine the root cause of the accident.

Starship is a high -heavy Spacex launch vehicle that is developed for larger launch operations with more loads and missions that go beyond the low Earth orbit, such as the moon and Mars. Based on her latest tests, she is far from ready. During its seventh and eighth trips, the second stage, known as the “ship”, exploded while ascending. The ship that exploded on Wednesday night. The second phase managed to reach space during the ninth test in May, but Spacex lost contact with it and was not able to achieve a dominant splash in the ocean. Spacex also lost its connection to the high -supporting phase when re -entering, and passed through “fast, unjust disassembled” after six minutes of launch.

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