SpaceX launches 9th flight test of Starship rocket, but it tumbles out of control

Elon Musk and Spacex is a little close to sending humans to Mars, but they still have a lot of work.

After the test flights ended prematurely with the destruction of the spacecraft, the launch of models on Tuesday showed that the car could successfully reach the orbit. However, after the craft entering its path under the episodes, the shouting of the shown of the craft in its path under the rings has caused a loss of control of the situation, leaving the spacecraft spinning and controlling the task is unable to control the craft.

Without the ability to direct the craft, Spacex said it re -introduced the Earth’s atmosphere at an angle that is not perfect for its heat shield. As a result, most of them were expected to burn, with the remaining pieces in the Indian Ocean. The company said it has cleared a large area of ​​the landing zone to ensure public safety.

The company has published a statement about X Reading, “As if the flight test was not enough, Starship has witnessed a quick, undisputed dismantling process. The difference will continue to review data and work on the following flight test. With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today’s test will help us improve Starship reliability where Spacex seeks to make life multiple.”

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It was installed on top of a very heavy missile, supported by 33 RAPTOR engines, where the unexpected stars were successfully lifted from the StarBase test facility in Spacex in South Texas immediately after 7:30 pm East time. The sound of the building was heard, as all 33 engines lit up the strong missile that pushed the oral vehicle across the tower and to its path under planned orbits.

Spacex is approximately 400 feet long, Starship and Booster are the most powerful missile system ever. Unlike the partially used Falcon 9, Spacex aims that Starship is fully reusable and fully capable, landing and flying again with minimal maintenance.

The launch of Tuesday is part of the Spacex Repetition of Engineering. With each task, the company evaluates data, makes adjustments to the spacecraft, and is based on its previous successes and lessons learned from failure. Learning this flight test is applied to future vehicles and missions until Starship is ready for passengers.

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For Tuesday’s mission, Spacex made major adjustments to the higher stage based on the lessons learned from previous aviation tests, including the last two, which led to the destruction of the championship.

During the eighth flight test in Starship in early March, many engines were unexpectedly closed about 5 minutes of launch, which led to the loss of SPACEX control of the craft. I lost communication with the car after a few minutes.

After the investigation, the company said that “the failure of the devices” with one of the engines caused mixing fuel and igniting them in the place where it should not be. While the ship is not directed to self -destruction, Spacex says it is likely to do it automatically.

With the outbreak of the spacecraft, the debris fell across the southern Florida and parts of the Atlantic Ocean, which stopped the Earth at nearby airports. The photos and video clips on social media showed that the wreckage of missiles wanders in the sky.

A similar failure occurred in January when strong vibrations are expected to leak and fuel explosion. Either way, the upper stage was lost, but the supporter in the first stage was successfully returned to the launch site and caught using a giant robotic “eating” robot connected to the launch tower.

Spacex said that he made major adjustments to the upper stage based on the previous aviation tests and noted that although both failures had occurred at the same time during missions, the reasons were not relevant.

No astronauts were on board previous missions, and none of them on board.

According to Spacex, the ninth Tuesday test determined “launching the first high -heavy enhancement that resulted in flying”, which flew and returned during the seventh test flight. Of the 33 engines, 29 of the previous test were also reused. The engineers have searched and replaced the well -known ingredients for one use, such as the heat shield, but they left the supporter often to study the tear in the real world.

Unlike the previous two tasks, as the heavy supporter returned to the launch site, during the launch of Tuesday, the supporter followed a modified flying track before it seems that he had exploded while spraying in the Gulf. She lost data and video before the supporter reached the water, but the company said it finally ended in the ocean.

After achieving its planned path in space, the top stage at Starship tried to publish a group of satellites Muck Starlink to test the benefits of spreading the beneficial load. However, the task control was unable to open the doors for the test. Spacex said they would try again on a future mission.

After Spacex Starship exploded in March during that experimental trip, Musk wrote “Rockets difficult” in X. On Tuesday evening, it was a blatant reminder of the difficulty of traveling to space.