Texas (USA), May 28 - The world's richest man Elon Musk's company SpaceX conducted the 9th test of the world's most powerful rocket 'Starship' on May 28 at 5 am (Indian time) from Boca Chica, Texas. About half an hour after the launch, the rocket went out of control and was destroyed as soon as it entered the earth's atmosphere. This is the third consecutive time that SpaceX's attempt to launch the rocket 'Starship' has failed. According to an estimate, this test has cost about 8.3 lakh crore (10 billion dollars).
The US private aerospace and space transportation service company 'SpaceX' had launched Starship again, but the rocket went out of control and broke up and missed its target. The 123-meter-long rocket took off for its ninth “test” flight from SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in southern Texas. The test was expected to release several dummy satellites, but the spacecraft’s door did not open fully and the test failed. The rocket then spun out of control and crashed into the Indian Ocean.
SpaceX later confirmed that the spacecraft had broken up “unexpectedly.” “The team will continue to review the data and work toward the next test,” the company said in an online statement.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X that this test was “a major improvement” after learning from the previous two failures. In the previous test, the Starship vehicle’s debris burned up over the Atlantic. Despite the recent failure, Musk has promised more launches. Musk's Starship will be sent to the Moon and Mars, and this is the first time a reused booster has been used for a launch. "At some point, contact was lost with the booster and the spacecraft broke into pieces and fell into the Gulf of Mexico while the spacecraft was heading towards the Indian Ocean. After that, it is possible that the spacecraft lost control due to a fuel leak," said SpaceX flight commentator Dan Huet.