March 7,The eighth test flight of the new generation heavy-lift launch vehicle "Starship" of Musk's US Space Exploration Technology Company (SpaceX) failed.A few days ago, SpaceX announced the reason for the disintegration of the spacecraft, saying that the second-stage Starship spacecraft ascended according to the planned orbit. During the rise,An "energy event" occurred at the rear of the starship, causing several Raptor engines to fail.
Then the spacecraft lost control, and the connection between the starship and the ground team was interrupted and disintegrated about 9 minutes and 30 seconds after it took off.
SpaceX said it will cooperate with the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct a thorough investigation of the accident and take corrective measures to improve future Starship flight tests.
Information shows that the Starship rocket is about 120 meters long and 9 meters in diameter, and consists of two parts.
The first stage is a super-heavy booster about 70 meters long, and the second stage is a starship spacecraft. Both stages can be reused.
This rocket is currently the most powerful rocket in mankind.Rockets are designed to carry people and cargo to Earth orbit, the moon and even Mars.