Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket blows up just minutes after take off
dailyrecord.co.ukElon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket, believed to the be the largest ever built, blew up just minutes after taking off today.It is hoped that successful flights of the 120-metre rocket could be the first steps in a human journey to Mars.
The rocket exploded four minutes after setting off at South Padre Island in Texas, at 2:33pm UK time, on April 20. It is believed that two parts of the rocket failed to separate.
Quirky Scots airship that couple built 'just for fun' is UK's most popular Airbnb Waiting crowds cheered alongside SpaceX staff despite the explosion.
SpaceX warned before take off that the main aim of the mission was to gather information and the chances of a successful flight were low.SpaceX posted on Twitter afterwards and said: “As if the flight test was not exciting enough, Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation.”Elon Musk also posted on the platform, saying: "Congrats SpaceX team on an exciting test launch of Starship! "Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months."SpaceX have previously gone on record as saying that test flights exploding is not always a bad thing and they still learn a lot from the missions.
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