Starship set off from the Starbase space base in Texas with a slight delay caused by technical problems. However, when he rose into the air, he flew further than during previous missions, falling apart over the Indian Ocean while re -entering the atmosphere.
The first step of the rocket, the Super Heavy booster, landed according to the plan in the waters of the Mexican Gulf, but his engines failed when he was softly reached on the water. Another key element that failed was the release of Starlink satellites during the flight; The Starship mechanism did not slow down them. In addition, about 20 minutes after starting the flight, a video connection with the machine was lost. Shortly afterwards, it was announced that the rocket had a leakage, then fell into an uncontrolled flight and began to spin around its axis. When entering the atmosphere again, contact was lost with her and the machine was destroyed. For this reason, SpaceX could not be obtained in the expected measurements regarding the return to Earth.
Starship has been “unplanned dismantling”
This is the third in a row Lot Starship, during which the ship crashed, although this time it survived over 45 minutes of flight, much more than during previous attempts. For the first time, with partial success, the Super Heavy booster used previously used, which this time did not have landing in the starting site and captured by the “stick” of the tower.
“As if the flight test was not exciting enough, Starship has experienced a quick unplanned disassembly,” wrote SpaceX on its profile on platform X, using the jargon term for the breakdown of the rocket.
“The teams will continue to view data and work on our next flight test. In the case of such a test, success comes from what we are learning, and today's attempt will help us improve the reliability of Starship, because SpaceX is trying to make multipplanetary life” – she added.
NASA's high hopes
NASA head Jared Isaacman, in turn, stated that although some can focus on failures, behind Starship, as well as the previous large rockets stands “a huge space economy that takes shapes”.
“Tens of thousands of jobs, billions of private investments, all this is aimed at the real opening of the last great border. When these possibilities appear, they will become the driving force of the new era of exploration and discover – and the holes will become a chapter of WO Multi -longer history,” said a former member of the mission organized by SpaceX.
With Starship Musk – and also NASA – binds great hope, because it is to be a vehicle that will again take people to the moon as part of the Artemis III mission. In May, the billionaire announced that this year Starship – not just his booster – would be able to land safely on Earth.
