It launched the Starship rocket for its final test flight on Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed shortly after launch.
His company said the spacecraft’s six engines appear to have shut down, with communication lost 8 minutes and 30 seconds into the flight.
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The spacecraft was supposed to make a near-circular flight over the Gulf of Mexico from Texas nearly circling the planet, a flight similar to previous tests.
SpaceX had equipped it with 10 dummy satellites to practice releasing them. It was the first flight of this new and upgraded version of the spacecraft.
In fact, the incident caused problems in air flights. In particular, flights over the Gulf of Mexico to divert their courses, to avoid collisions with debris.
