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In the upper part of the rocket, where there are fuel tanks, a sudden explosion began. The entire rocket turned into fire shells.
The Starship-36 rocket of the world’s richest businessman Ellon Musk exploded with a sudden explosion at Texas’s starbase testing site. Its flames and smoke appeared far and wide. According to Indian time, this blast took place today i.e. on June 19 at around 09:30 am.
The explosion occurred when the second static fire test of the rocket was going on before the 10th Test flight of the Starsship to be held on June 29. In this test, the rocket is kept on the ground and its engine is turned on so that everything is fine before the launch, this can be checked.
The upper part exploded, the rocket turned into fire shells
Just before the test began, a sudden explosion began in the upper part of the rocket, where there are fuel tanks. The entire rocket turned into fire shells. People living in the surrounding areas said that the blast was so strong that the windows of their houses were shaken.
The video of this blast has surfaced. It is seen that the nose of the rocket, that is, sudden flames come out of the upper part and then the entire rocket burst with a blast.
No casualties, but the loss big
SpaceX issued a statement after the incident stating that there was already complete security arrangements around the test site. All the employees are safe and those living in the surrounding areas also did not suffer any harm. The company has appealed to the people not to go to the test site, as there is still the work of extinguishing and cleaning the fire.
Cameron County’s Sheriff Office and local police also confirmed that no one was injured. Fire department teams immediately reached the spot and started trying to control the fire. But the damage to the rocket and the test site is so high that SpaceX will now have to re -work on its 10th Test flight plan.
Starship-36 rocket broke with a sudden explosion on Texas’s Starbase Testing Site. Its flames and smoke appeared far and wide.
Explosion occurred after fuel loading process begins
This test was shown on NASA Spacefsite YouTube channel. During this time, the commentary reported that the fuel loading process exploded about 30 minutes after the commencement of the process. During the static fire test, the rocket engine is started while connecting the launch mount. In the Test, six rocket raptor engines were to be turned on simultaneously.
Three consecutive Tests of Starship fails this year
This year, there are frequent failures in the Tests of Starships. Even in the seventh, eighth and ninth Test flights, the rocket either exploded during the flight or crashed after losing control.
SpaceX’s starship is the world’s largest and most powerful rocket system, which is being built to take humans to the moon and Mars.
Ilon Musk’s dream is that a person can make a colony on Mars one day through starship. This rocket is completely reusable, ie it can be used again and again.
About 30 minutes after launching in the 9th Test, Starship lost control.
The upper part of the starship was blasted after the engine stopped in the eighth Test. Its videos were shared on social media.
In the seventh Test, the ship’s pieces fell on the ground after the blast. Ilon Musk shared a photo of it on social media.
What will happen now?
This accident has increased the difficulties of SpaceX. The company had targeted the 10th Test flight on June 29, but now its timeline is completely uncertain. SpaceX engineers are now checking the data to understand where the mistake was made. In the initial estimate, there is talk of malfunction in fuel tank or propellant system.
Along with this, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the US will also investigate the accident. Earlier, FAA had stopped SpaceX’s Test program for some time due to failed tests of Starships. This can also happen this time.
However, Ilon Musk and his company SpaceX have always been the attitude of “learning from every failure”. Musk has already said that failures in complex projects like Starship are natural and takes every Test company closer to its target. In such a situation, even after this accident, SpaceX’s team will soon start preparing for the next Test.
The height of the starship vehicle is 403 feet
Starship spacecraft (upper part) and super heavy booster (lower part) are called collectable ‘Starships’. SpaceX, the world’s richest businessman Ilon Musk’s company, has created this rocket. The height of this vehicle is 403 feet. It is fully reuzable. The explosion that has just happened has happened in the Starship Spacecraft. This was testing.
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