The spacecraft in space explodes during the routine test in Texas

The Spacex Starship missile exploded on Wednesday at the Starbase facility in Texas during the routine test in preparation for a launch trip, according to local authorities and direct broadcasting clips.

“I witnessed a great anomaly during the StarBase test” at 11 pm local time, “Spacex said on social media.

Local authorities He said That tournament “suffered a catastrophic failure and exploded”, without any injuries reported at the time of writing this report and the current investigation now. Live broadcast clips Starbase showed that the missile exploded in the flame, and fired a large fiery ball in the sky.

The last championship was expected to be launched at the end of this month.

It was a stormy flight of the Mammoth Mammoth Elon Musk, after three attempts to launch a flying flying and air stops this year so far. It is worth noting that the missile model has been successfully launched in the previous cases, but the vast range – which is 120 meters long (394 feet) in size in the super heavy supporter – raised concerns about its reliability and requirements for orbital fuel once on the trip.

However, Musk won its hopes of the central vehicle as a major tool for each of the third and fourth ARTEMIS tasks in NASA-which is part of a broader plan to return humans to the moon-due to 2027-2028. The missile is also scheduled to play a role in launching the STARLAB Space Station in moving to the Terpting Terpting Terpting Laboratory as soon as the International Space Station retires after 2030.

It is very important that the central vehicle is also essential in Musk’s aspirations – and former US President Donald Trump – wider in the colonization of Mars. The missile was set on the Optimus robots to the Red Planet by the end of 2026, with Musk in March Saying“If this drop goes well, the human landing may begin as soon as possible in 2029, although 2031 is more likely.”

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