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Tech & Science SpaceX’s prototype Starship rocket partially bursts during testing in Texas

06:20  21 november  2019
06:20  21 november  2019 Source:   msn.com

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A test version of SpaceX ’ s next-generation rocket , Starship , partially burst apart during ground tests in Texas today, erupting plumes of After the explosion, Musk indicated on Twitter that SpaceX may no longer fly this particular prototype and will instead conduct flight tests with a newer, more

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a large ship in a body of water © Photo by Pauline Acalin for The Verge

A test version of SpaceX’s next-generation rocket, Starship, partially burst apart during ground tests in Texas today, erupting plumes of gas and sending some pieces of hardware soaring into the sky. Live streams set up by local space enthusiasts captured the failure in real time this afternoon.

The explosive result occurred while SpaceX was seemingly conducting some pressure tests with the vehicle at the company’s test site in Boca Chica, Texas. The local live streams showed the vehicle venting gas periodically throughout the day, indicating that testing was underway.

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SpaceX ' s previous Starship prototypes burst during fuel-tank testing , but the fourth prototype exploded during an operation to test -fire its engine. SpaceX , using an unrelated rocket system, is slated to perform a historic mission by launching two astronauts to the International Space Station on

SpaceX ' s Starship rocket prototype , known as Mk-1, experienced a major failure during pressurisation testing on Wednesday. CEO Elon Musk revealed the Mk-1 n September when he outlined the timeline for his Starship program meant to transport people and cargo to the Moon and

This prototype was meant to test the design of Starship — a monster spacecraft the company is working on to transport cargo and people to deep space destinations like the Moon and Mars. In fact, this same vehicle is the one that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk showed off to reporters in September. At the time, he claimed the test vehicle could be doing flights to low altitudes within the next couple of months and that some version of Starship could reach Earth orbit within six months.

Now, that timeline is almost certain to shift. After the explosion, Musk indicated on Twitter that SpaceX may no longer fly this particular prototype and will instead conduct flight tests with a newer, more up-to-date model that the company planned to build. “This had some value as a manufacturing pathfinder, but flight design is quite different,” Musk wrote, referring to the prototype that burst.

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