SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the Super Heavy Booster 7 prototype explosion at its facility in Boca Chica, Texas, was related the Raptor engine spin start test.
You can now listen to Fox News articles!burst into flames during a ground test-firing on Monday in Texas as the company’s CEO Elon Musk looks to launch its next-generation Starship spacecraft into orbit this year.when an explosion shook the camera and a ball of fire engulfed the base of the booster.Musk later tweeted that it appeared to be related to the engine spin start test.
"This particular issue, however, was specific to the engine spin start test ," Musk wrote."Going forward, we won’t do a spin start test with all 33 engines at once.", and no injuries were reported. SpaceX has previously said it would use the nearly 400-foot-tall Starship spacecraft for its most ambitious missions, including a potential trip to Mars.
In this image from video made available by SpaceX, a Starship test vehicle sits on the ground after returning from a flight test in Boca Chica, Texas on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
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