SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded 2.5 minutes after liftoff

Starship, the spacecraft developed by the American space transportation company SpaceX, launched today in the US state of Texas. The Starship spacecraft exploded after launch at 07.30 local time. The test flight, which did not include a crew of astronauts and was scheduled to last about 90 minutes, ended about 2.5 minutes after launch, after the explosion in the “second stage” section.

“We are doing these experiments to learn lessons and see our mistakes,” John Innsbrucker, a SpaceX engineer, said in his statement after the explosion. In the test conducted today, all 33 engines of the rocket worked successfully during launch. He added: “We believe that the explosion in the second stage of the flight occurred due to a delay in disabling the automatic flight termination system.”

The statement issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration, which inspects commercial launch sites, said that there had been an accident that “resulted in the loss of the vehicle” and that there were no casualties, and that an investigation had been opened into the matter. the incident.

Ahead of today’s SpaceX launch, it was seen that 3 different rockets, excluding Starship, were preparing to launch in the near future at the launch site.

In the first launch attempt by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company last April, the Starship rocket exploded and fell into the Gulf of Mexico about 4 minutes after take-off due to an engine failure. Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has come under fire for debris that formed in the Gulf of Mexico after the failed first attempt.