The first launch attempt of the largest rocket system in space history to date did not go well in April. The unmanned ‘Starship’ of Elon Musk’s private company SpaceX exploded at the time. The test could not be completed on Saturday either: both rocket stages exploded shortly after launch.
A test lasting an hour and a half was planned: after launch the two rocket stages should have been separated. The lower stage would have landed in the Gulf of Mexico, the upper stage would have continued to rise, eventually landing in the Pacific Ocean. But fate wanted things to change again.
Musk didn’t see the first explosion as a setback
In mid-April, a “Starship” took off for the first time on an unmanned test launch – and four minutes later it exploded and shattered. Billionaire Musk, whose company SpaceX developed and built the “Starship” rocket system, saw this not as a setback but as an “exciting test launch.” Musk had always emphasized that the next test launch with another ‘Starship’ should follow as soon as possible.
The ‘Starship’ – consisting of the approximately 70 meter long ‘Super Heavy’ booster and the approximately 50 meter long upper stage, also called ‘Starship’ – is intended to enable manned missions to the Moon and Mars. The system is designed so that the spacecraft and rocket can be reused after return to Earth. The system, which is approximately 120 meters long in total, will be able to transport more than 100 tons of freight in the future
Source: Krone
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