The Spacex Spacex prototype, designated ship 36, exploded south -East Texas shortly before local time at midnight on June 18 during routine preparations for a nearby test flight.
Spacex is in the midst of preparing for the next fully integrated test of Starship, known as Flight 10.The last several tests have not gone well, but this prototype did not even go out of the ground. The explosion, as shown in the spectacular images of Nasaspaceflight.com, was occupied at the Massey facility in Spacex, a test place located several miles from the Starbase launch, Texas.
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The upper stage of 52 meters high 171 feet tall “experienced an important anomaly while in a Starbase test stand,” Spacex said in a statement In X. “A clear safety area was maintained around the site throughout the operation and all the staff is safe and counted and counted and.” The Starbase team is coordinating with local authorities to manage the consequences of the incident, said Spacex, adding that, while the company did not report any threat to nearby communities, the public urged the public to avoid the area as security measures were carried out.
Elon Musk, CEO of Spacex, collided a few hours after the incident in X, and released the incident as “Just a scratch. “He explained In addition, this morning, saying that the early data “suggest a COPV of nitrogen (composite flying vessel) in the useful load bay has not been below its test pressure”, and if so, it is the “first time for this design”. A COPV is a light tank made of compound fibers wrapped around a thin coating to store high -pressure liquids, conform to NASA. No more details are known but as Spacenews signalStarship was preparing for a static fire test, and the explosion happened before the rocket had the opportunity to shoot its Rapter engines.
A June 18th Administration advice on June 29 as the potential date of flight 10, but this seems unlikely now. Spacex is in a little fall, with this incident added to the pile of recent mishap. Flight 7 by January 2024 experience A powder leak and fire triggered by unexpected vibrations in the propulsion system. In March, flight 8 was trim short Due to a hardware failure in one of the Rapter engines, while Flight 9 in May reached the space successfully, but a leak led to a loss of control and the vehicle He separated During the re -entry.
Spacex Megarche is built to transport people and load on the moon, Mars and other destinations around the solar system. It is a key part of the Artemis program of NASA, which aims to disembark astronauts on the moon in 2027 and is essential for the declared goal of Elon Musk of colonizing Mars.
