Elon Musk's rocket explodes/SpaceX capsule disintegrates in mid-air after launch, diverting several flights (Video)

2025-01-17 14:04:50 / TRENDING ALFA PRESS
Elon Musk's rocket explodes/SpaceX capsule disintegrates in mid-air after

The seventh test of Starship, a spacecraft designed by SpaceX for future trips to the Moon and Mars, ended with a semi-success.

After postponing the launch to January 15 due to bad weather, Starship was able to take off from Starbase, Elon Musk's company's base in Boca Chica, Texas.

Just minutes after the launch of what is currently considered the world's largest and most powerful rocket, its booster, called Super Heavy, made its planned return to Earth and, after passing for a moment over the launch pad, was "catched spectacularly between two giant mechanical arms."

This is the second time SpaceX has managed to pull off this feat. But as crowds cheered for the booster's return, the company announced that just eight minutes after liftoff, it lost contact with the Starship, which is believed to be carrying ten Starlink satellites to be launched into orbit.

SpaceX communications manager Dan Huot attributed the failure to an anomaly in the upper part of the carrier. The rocket exploded, leaving a trail of smoke in the sky.

Flight tracking service Flight Radar announced that due to the fall of Space X's debris, several flights were diverted to airports or rerouted.

Departures from Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports, in the state of Florida, were delayed by about 45 minutes.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced that diversions near the area where the debris fell lasted only for a short period of time, before normal operations were authorized to resume.

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