Starship got out of control and fell apart. However, the flight was the most successful this year
The ship had several problems.
Washington. The company SpaceX After two previous unsuccessful starts, she sent its Starship spacecraft to the latest – the ninth – test flight.
After about 30 minutes, the ship got out of control and disintegrated, but the company evaluated the mission positively.
The Starship spacecraft started from the base of the company – Starbase – in the US state of Texas at 19.36 h East American time (Wednesday 1.36 CEST).
It was expected that Starship would finish its test flight with controlled descent and impact on the Indian Ocean in less than 90 minutes.
However, SpaceX confirmed that the ship had several problems, including fuel leaks until it eventually went through a « quick unplanned dismantling » and fell apart.
« The teams will continue to explore data and work on our next test summer, » the company added.
Despite the complications, the flight was more successful than the previous two attempts this year, which failed less than 10 minutes after the start.
The founder of SpaceX is a billionaire Elon Musk. The Starship spacecraft is crucial for its long -term vision to colonize Mars.
The US National Aviation and Space Authority (NASA) is also waiting for a modified version of the Starship spacecraft as a lunar landing module for its Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon in this decade.
Musk on the X platform after the test flight said that the next starts are likely to take place every three to four weeks.
