the big rocket starshipof the company SpaceXtook off this Thursday from its base on the Texas coast (USA), but shortly after it exploded in the air.
“Starship just experienced what we call an unplanned rapid teardown,” an official said in the broadcast, aforementioned down the chain CNN.
Liftoff of Starship! pic.twitter.com/4t8mRP37Gp
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The launch window opened at 8:28 a.m. Texas time (13:28 GMT). About two and a half minutes after liftoff, the Super Heavy rocket booster was expected to expend most of its fuel and separate from the Starship spacecraft, leaving the booster to discard in the ocean.
But the rocket exploded in midair. It was its second test launch, before carrying people and cargo into Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars.
The super rocket, made up of a fully integrated ship (Starship) and propellant (Super Heavy Rocket), had taken off after a failed attempt on Monday.
So, aim efethe technicians of the company of the billionaire Elon Musk gave up when they detected that a pressurization valve was frozen.
It was the first time Starship and Super Heavy had flown together. The test flight was intended to assess their performance in combination. Hence the importance of the test, and the expectation that surrounded it.
Shortly after, Musk said on Twitter that the next test launch would be in a few months.
With information from EFE and CNN.
