US EditionSpaceX and Elon Musk Share Insights on Starship Ship 36’s RUD
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SpaceX and Elon Musk share insights on Starship Ship 36’s RUD
Elon Musk and SpaceX provided an explanation for the Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly (RUD) of Starship Ship 36 on Wednesday. As per Musk, preliminary data suggests that a nitrogen composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV) in the vehicle’s payload bay failed below its proof pressure. On Wednesday evening, Ship 36 experienced a RUD during a static fire attempt. Videos of the incident that were shared online showed Starship Ship 36 exploding into …
During the early morning hours of this Wednesday in Spain, we received shocking images from the Texas Starbase, one of the testing centers that SpaceX has in the United States. When Elon Musk's aerospace company was preparing for a static test of the ship's six engines, a "repentine and energetic event" caused the total loss of the vehicle and damage to the launch platform, as explained by the company in an official statement.The ship was loadin…
Starship Static Fire Anomaly Update Issued by SpaceX
SpaceX has issued an update about Wednesday’s anomaly that reslted in the Rapid Unschedualed Disassembly (RUD) of the Starship spacecraft slated for Test Flight 10. According to the company, after completing a single-engine static fire earlier this week, the vehicle was in the process of loading cryogenic propellant for a six-engine static fire when a sudden energetic event resulted in the complete loss of Starship and damage to the immediate ar…
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