SpaceX’s colossal Starship spacecraft exploded during its second major test flight. But all was not in vain. The test reportedly achieved new milestones that advance Elon Musk’s crucial deep-space launch system. As the Starship spacecraft was heading to near orbit, it appeared to burst on an X livestream. Later, the hosts of the livestream said that Starship likely had been lost. They believe that the vehicle’s flight termination system activated while the vehicle was attempting to reach near orbit. The flight termination system is used to destroy a rocket if it starts to malfunction or deviates from its flight path during a launch.
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00:00 SpaceX's colossal Starship spacecraft exploded during its second major test flight, but all
00:10 was not in vain.
00:11 The test reportedly achieved new milestones that advance Elon Musk's crucial Deep Space
00:16 Launch System.
00:17 As the Starship spacecraft was heading to near-orbit, it appeared to burst on an ex-live
00:23 stream.
00:24 Later, the hosts of the live stream said that Starship likely had been lost.
00:29 They believed that the vehicle's flight termination system activated while the vehicle was attempting
00:34 to reach near-orbit.
00:35 The flight termination system is used to destroy a rocket if it starts to malfunction or deviates
00:40 from its flight path during a launch.
00:43 SpaceX's post on X-Red, the world's most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, powered by
00:48 33 Raptor engines, lifting off from Starbase.
00:53 Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket ever developed by SpaceX.
00:58 It successfully took off from SpaceX's Starbase launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, riding
01:04 atop its massive Super Heavy booster.
01:07 The flight appeared to begin smoothly, with the vehicle clearing the launch tower.
01:11 The two vehicles separated as planned a little more than two-and-a-half minutes into the
01:15 mission, which is a feat SpaceX failed to accomplish on the vehicle's first test flight
01:20 in April.
01:21 However, soon after the separation, the Super Heavy booster burst apart for reasons not
01:26 immediately clear.
01:28 Starship continued onward on its path to reach near-orbit and eventually reached space for
01:32 the first time.
01:33 But roughly eight minutes into the flight, a large cloud of debris could be seen surrounding
01:37 the spacecraft, and SpaceX said that it had lost data from the vehicle.
01:42 The Federal Aviation Administration said by email that a mishap occurred during the launch,
01:47 though no injuries or public property damage were reported.
01:50 The FAA will oversee a SpaceX-led mishap investigation.
01:55 Starship is designed to carry payloads and people to distant destinations like the Moon
01:59 and Mars, making it central to Musk's vision of starting a settlement on the Red Planet.
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