SpaceX’s Starship rocket explodes mid-flight, Elon Musk says – ‘learned a lot’

On Thursday, the American private space company owned by billionaire Elon Musk ‘SpaceX‘ launched its Starship rocket, which is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. However, the takeoff fell short of reaching space, as the rocket blasted mid-flight. There were no crew members on board. SpaceX had tried to project the rocket on Monday but fronted a frozen pressure valve in the Super Heavy booster, which they functioned to fix in time for Thursday’s launch.

Elon Musk on SpaceX’s Unsuccessful Starship Launch

SpaceX supervision admitted the experimental spirit of the launch and regarded any result that involved Starship getting off the launchpad as a triumph. The rocket did fly for nearly 4 minutes, successfully detaching itself from the Super Heavy booster before encountering what the firm directed to as a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.” Despite the lapse, Elon Musk stated that the company “learned a lot” from the adventure and plans to execute another trial takeoff in a few months.

The Starship rocket is developed to transport cargo and individuals beyond Earth and is a crucial segment of the world’s leading governmental space organization, NASA’s plan to take off astronauts to the moon once again. In fact, two years ago, the Elon Musk-owned firm was granted a nearly $3 billion contract from NASA to use Starship as a crewed lunar lander, which will be part of NASA’s Artemis moon program.

The program involves using Starship to deliver astronauts to the lunar surface from the agency’s SLS rocket and Orion capsule. While Sapcex had hoped to conduct its first orbital Starship launch in the summer of 2021, delays in action and ensuring FAA clearance resulted in a later launch date.