SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions

After backtoback explosions SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again on Tuesday evening but fell short of the main objectives when the spacecraft tumbled out of control and broke apartThe 123metre rocket blasted off on its ninth demo from Starbase SpaceXs launch site at the southern tip of Texas Residents voted this month to organise as an official cityCEO Elon Musks SpaceX hoped to release a series of mock satellites following liftoff but that got nixed because the door failed to open all the wayThen the spacecraft began spinning as it skimmed space toward an uncontrolled landing in the Indian OceanSpaceX later confirmed that the spacecraft experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly or burst apartTeams will continue to review data and work toward our next flight test the company said in an online statementIt was the first time one of Musks Starships intended for moon and Mars travel flew with a recycled booster There were no plans to catch the booster with giant chopsticks back at the launch pad unlike earlier testsContact with the booster was lost at one point and it slammed into the Gulf of Mexico in pieces as the spacecraft continued toward the Indian OceanThen the spacecraft went out of control apparently due to fuel leaksNot looking great with a lot of our onorbit objectives for today SpaceX flight commentator Dan Huot saidThe company had been looking to test the spacecrafts heat shield during a controlled reentryCommunication ceased before the spacecraft came down and SpaceX ended its webcast soon afterwardThe previous two Starships never made it past the CaribbeanThe demos earlier this year ended just minutes after liftoff raining wreckage into the ocean No injuries or serious damage were reported although airline travel was disruptedThe Federal Aviation Administration last week cleared Starship for another flight expanding the hazard area and pushing the liftoff outside peak air travel timesBesides taking corrective action and making upgrades SpaceX modified the latest spacecrafts thermal tiles and installed special catch fittingsThis one was meant to sink in the Indian Ocean but the company wanted to test the addons for capturing future versions back at the pad just like the boostersNASA needs SpaceX to make major strides over the next year with Starship the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built in order to land astronauts back on the moonNext years moonshot with four astronauts will fly around the moon but will not land That will happen in 2027 at the earliest and require a Starship to get two astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface and back off againThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params