One of the spacecraft of the Elon Musk technology billionaire exploded during a routine test in Texas on Wednesday by law, he said according to the police according to the police AFPadding that no one was injured.
The Starship 36 suffered “catastrophic failures and exploded” in the Starbase launch installation shortly after 11 PM (9 am PKT on Thursday), said a Facebook post of Cameron County authorities.
Musk Spacex said the rocket was preparing for the tenth flight test when “he experienced an important anomaly while he was in a test position in Starbase.”
“A clear security area was maintained around the site throughout the operation and all the staff is safe and accounted for,” Spacex added on social networks.
“There is no dangers for residents in surrounding communities, and we ask that people do not try to approach the area while security operations continue.”
Starbase, on the southern coast of Texas, near the border with Mexico, is the headquarters of the Musk space project.
123 meters high, Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket in the world and central for Musk’s long -term vision of colonizing Mars.
The last setback follows an explosion of a prototype spacecraft on the Indian Ocean at the end of May.
The largest and powerful launch vehicle ever built had taken off on May 27 from Starbase facilities, but the super heavy reinforcement of the first stage exploded instead of executing its splash planned in the Gulf of Mexico.
The two previous exits also ended badly, with the upper stage disintegrating over the Caribbean.
