SpaceX’s Starship explodes during first test flight, Elon Musk vows to improve reliability
Watch | SpaceX’s Starship explodes during first test flight, Elon Musk vows to improve reliability
SpaceX’s Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, suffered a catastrophic blast during its first test flight on Thursday. The rocket was designed to transport astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond, and is the latest in billionaire Elon Musk’s ambitious space ventures. Despite declaring the test a success, SpaceX admitted that the rocket experienced a “rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation”. The explosion occurred just three minutes into the flight, when the Starship capsule failed to separate from the first-stage rocket booster, causing the rocket to rotate and ultimately explode in the sky.
Watch | SpaceX’s Starship explodes during first test flight, Elon Musk vows to improve reliability
SpaceX’s Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, suffered a catastrophic blast during its first test flight on Thursday. The rocket was designed to transport astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond, and is the latest in billionaire Elon Musk’s ambitious space ventures. Despite declaring the test a success, SpaceX admitted that the rocket experienced a “rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation”. The explosion occurred just three minutes into the flight, when the Starship capsule failed to separate from the first-stage rocket booster, causing the rocket to rotate and ultimately explode in the sky.