The second pancake with a coma. Ilona Maska Starship Maska's launch: Without disaster, there was no disaster (video)

Then the rocket system still started and at first the first three minutes flew normally. Then the separation of the spacecraft, that is, the upper stage from the rocket launcher, was to take place, but unfortunately, this did not happen. Having reached a height of 38 km, Starship began to rotate uncontrollably and eventually exploded in the air. In any case, this launch can be considered partially successful, because for the first time the Starship rocket flew in a fully assembled form.

For the first time, the specialists of SpaceX tried to launch Starship rocket into orbit on Monday, April 17. But due to problems with sealing the rocket, the launch was postponed on April 20. All this time, the engineers have eliminated the detected problems to make the long -awaited launch into space. SpaceX only on Friday, April 14, was permitted to launch the Starship Megaraaret from the US Civil Aviation Directorate.

On the eve of the first attempt to run into space, founder and owner of SpaceX Ilon Musk said that the chances of successful flight were 50 to 50. Actually, this forecast was justified, concerning the attempt to launch on April 17. But now it all has gone as planned. The Starship rocket system consists of two components-the Super Heavy rocket and Starship spacecraft. In collected, this rocket has a height of 120 meters, making it the highest rocket in the world.

It is also the most powerful in the world and exceeds its characteristics created in NASA by Space Launch System. If Ilona Mask's brainchild took place only the first test flight, and then unsuccessful, then the NASA Megabet already showed itself in the case when last year she brought to space a spacecraft Orion, which successfully flew around the moon.

It is worth saying that only the prototypes of the STARSHIP missile system-the prototype of the Super Heavy rocket carrier called Booster 7 and the SN24 spaceship prototype flew into space. The Starship rocket should be a reusable transportation system for delivery of people and cargoes per month and Mars.

According to the initial plan, after launching the Starship rocket from SpaceX in SpaceX in Texas and the prototype of the rocket launcher, and the prototype of the spacecraft had to return not to land but on water. Booster 7 was to be driven in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and SN24 was one and a half hours after the launch should be in the Pacific Ocean near the Hawaiian islands.