On Friday, January 17, the world's most powerful rocket, Starship, was launched from SpaceX's launch site in Texas as part of its seventh test flight.. But the upper part of the mega-rocket, that is, the Starship spacecraft or simply Ship, although it successfully separated from the lower part, that is, the Super Heavy launch vehicle, nevertheless exploded over the Atlantic Ocean a few minutes after launch, writes Space.

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The Starship megarocket is the largest and most powerful rocket in the world. Its assembled height is 121 meters. Following the launch of the rocket during the seventh test flight, the Super Heavy launch vehicle and the Ship spacecraft were successfully separated. It was supposed to go into orbit, fly around the Earth and splash down in the Indian Ocean.

A few minutes after liftoff, the Super Heavy booster successfully returned back to the launch pad, and the launch tower manipulators caught it and returned it to its original position.. This is the second time SpaceX has managed to do this.. And this is a great achievement, because the lower part of the Starship mega-rocket, however, like its upper part, is reusable, so the test should have again shown that it successfully returns back for reuse.

But problems arose with the 52-meter-tall Ship spacecraft, which initially flew normally and was able to fire its six engines. But about 8 minutes after launch, the ship's engines caught fire and it exploded with a loud roar, exploding over the Atlantic Ocean near the Turks and Caicos Islands..

It is not yet known what caused the crash, but SpaceX said it has already begun an investigation into the incident.. Elon Musk's company reported that something happened to the propulsion system of the spacecraft and it was an unexpected event.

The explosion of the top of Starship created an incredible sky show, which was witnessed by many people in the area, who shared photos and videos of the disaster on the social network X.

Elon Musk plans to use the Starship mega-rocket for the first manned flights to Mars. The billionaire plans to send not only astronauts to the Red Planet, but in the future also ordinary people who could populate the first city on Mars. Previously, Musk stated that the first flight to Mars could take place as early as this decade.. Also, a version of the Starship spacecraft will be used as a lander for NASA astronauts who are scheduled to land on the Moon in mid-2027.

But SpaceX needs to do everything possible to ensure that the next time the Starship spacecraft flies into space and returns successfully. Considering that the first stage of the Starship rocket has already shown its reliability, now it is necessary for the second stage to show this too.

As Focus already wrote, on January 16, the first launch into space of the New Glenn launch vehicle from Blue Origin, which belongs to Amazon owner Jeff Bezos, took place.. While the second stage of the rocket successfully reached orbit, the first reusable stage failed to land on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean.

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