SpaceX Starship Explodes Spectacularly Just 8.5 Minutes After Liftoff

The SpaceX spacecraft explodes just 8.5 minutes after takeoff — and in an incredible way, and still unexplained.

According to , the images of the falling debris are eclipsing images of the propellant being caught in the air.

O Starship’s seventh test flight of SpaceX was held this Friday, at 00:37 in mainland Portugal, being a setback for the private space company Elon Musk.

The rocket, which is a crucial component of plans for return of man to the moonexploded after just 8.5 minutes of flight, with the captured debris falling on the Turks and Caicos islands, in the Caribbean.

The launch was initially seen as a successbased on progressive results from previous test flights. The mechanical arms, called Mechazillasuccessfully captured the booster Super Heavy as he returned to the launch pad.

But shortly afterwards, Starship suffered rapid unscheduled disassemblywhich is technical language to say that It exploded and we don’t know why.

A stunning wreckage display while burning in the atmosphere, it intrigued many spectators.

In the video shared below you can hear someone asking if “Are those shooting stars?”

There are no reports of casualties from the wreckage.but there are concerns about its proximity to populated areas and flight delays.

A Starship has purposely crashed into the Indian Ocean on previous flights, but uncertainty surrounding the rocket’s re-entry and last-minute changes to this week’s launch have led Qantas to delay several flights this weekaccording to .

Contrary to expectations, Elon Musk did not commentnor issued any statement following the incident.

Wait-I know that Federal Aviation Administration open an investigationas this is the normal procedure whenever there is an incident related to a space launch vehicle.

Starship sees Starship as its future, with its ability to carry both cargo and crew, as well as yet-to-be-demonstrated factors such as in-orbit refueling, vertical landing and liftoff without a booster.

He was this conception that convinced NASA choosing Starship as the lunar landing vehicle for missions Artemis III and IV— now postponed.

Together, Starship and Super Heavy are the biggest and most powerful rockets ever built. Not totally, form a rocket 122 meters high. To return humans to the Moon, Starship needs to demonstrate continued safety and success.

“Teams will continue to analyze data from today’s flight test to better understand the root cause,” SpaceX said in a statement. “With a test like this, success comes from what we learnand today’s flight will help us improve Starship’s reliability.”