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A SpaceX booster rocket The company’s CEO, Elon Musk, burned this year during the launch of a ground test on Monday in Texas to put the next-generation spacecraft into orbit.
Super Heavy Booster 7 Prototype Test NASA Spaceflight website When an explosion shakes the camera and a fireball swallows the booster’s base.
“Yes, it’s not really good. The team is assessing the damage,” Musk said on Twitter.
Musk later tweeted that it seemed to be related to the engine spin start test.
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“But this particular problem was specific to the engine spin start test (the raptor has a complex start sequence),” Musk wrote. “From now on, we will no longer do spin start tests on all 33 engines at once.”
The booster remains upright at SpaceX’s facility in Bocachica, Texas, with no reported injuries.
SpaceX previously stated that it would use a Starship spacecraft near 400 feet high for its most ambitious missions, including the possibility of traveling to Mars.
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SpaceX successfully made the first landing of a prototype starship rocket in May 2021 after four previous landing attempts ended with an explosion.
Musk said last month that Starship was ready to fly in July and the second stack was ready in August.