2023-04-20 16:46:08
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The Starship exploded this Thursday, April 20, minutes after taking off from Starbase, SpaceX in Texas, in the United States, on a first test flight for trips to the Moon and Mars. The explosion does not represent a failure for the company of millionaire Elon Musk.
The Starship, the world’s largest rocket, exploded minutes after taking off the base Starbase, the SpaceX not Texas, we United States, on a first test flight for trips to the Moon and Mars.
A technical problem had already postponed on Monday the launch of the spacecraft, designed by SpaceX, for tycoon Elon Musk.
Starhip would make a test flight for the first time coupled to the Super Heavy rocket, developed by SpaceX to transport the spacecraft, which previously carried out suborbital tests, at about 10 kilometers of altitude.
At 120 meters, Starship was taller than NASA’s new SLS rocket (98 m), which first took off in November, and the legendary Saturn V, the Apollo lunar program rocket (111 m).
The simple fact that the rocket was able to take off from the launch pad is already a great achievement.
the rocket Super Heavy was supposed to break free from the Starship about three minutes after take-off and fall into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Then, the Starship spacecraft would start its six engines and continue its ascent alone, up to an altitude of approximately 150 kilometers.
The cause of the explosion is not yet known, but it does not represent a failure for the company of millionaire Elon Musk, since the fact that the rocket managed to take off is already a great success.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2023
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