SpaceX announced, Thursday, in a live broadcast over the Internet, that its giant Starship rocket had been “lost” during an attempt to return it to the Earth’s atmosphere during its third test flight.
A commentator said during the live broadcast, which was followed by more than 3.5 million people, that the vehicle was “lost,” noting that it “will not land on the sea today,” after the basic plan was to end “StarshipHer journey in the waters of the Indian Ocean.
It was a missile SpaceX The giant set off on another test flight on Thursday, aiming to travel halfway around the world this time.
The first two flights last year lasted only a few minutes before the rocket exploded overhead The Gulf Of MexicoThis time, the giant missile was lost.
The Starship rocket, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, lifted off from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border and headed over the Gulf.
There were no people or satellites on board The missile.
The height of the futuristic-looking rocket and spacecraft is 121 metres, which simply exceeds the height of previous and current NASA rockets.
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, was aspiring to a shorter flight, lasting an hour, in the latest demo, where he was Indian Ocean It is the finish line of the spacecraft.
NASA followed the rocket’s takeoff with great interest, as the space agency needs the spacecraft to succeed in order to land astronauts outer space On the moon in the next two years or so.
The new group of astronauts, the first since the Apollo program in the last century, is scheduled to land on the moon in a Starship vehicle.
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