SpaceX says that the spaceship itself is destroyed after causing the leader of the lighter and communication control out

SpaceX said on Monday that the Starship explosion was submitted last month by a Cascading series of events caused by fuel loses -a problem that the company says that it was approached before a eighth test flight could take place on Friday.

The Spaceflight Company is still waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to officially take the “misfortune examination” into the explosion or authorize SpaceX especially for the implementation of the flight while the examination continues.

This is particularly the first time that SpaceX has been subjected to a misfortune, while CEO Elon Musk works in the United States government. Workers from his so -called government Ministry of Efficiency have actively have changes to the FAA. The agency did not immediately respond to a request for comments.

SpaceX's January test of the spaceship started well enough. The company hoped to test a number of upgrades on the Super Heavy Booster, the start-and-catch tower and the spaceship itself. The heavy rocket system started without any problems and made its way into space, with the booster finally separating and back to the ground in Texas, where it was caught by the tower.

The problems started about two minutes after the Starship had lit its own rocket engines to get into the orbit. The company wrote in a blog post that “a flash was observed in the eight -time of the vehicle near one of the Raptor vacuum motors”. According to the SpaceX, sensors on board the ship started a pressure increase after the flash of flash “indication of a leak of fuel.

Another flash was seen two minutes later, and SpaceX said that in this area of ​​the spaceship due to the leaks “persistent fire” began. The fires caused “all of the Starship engines to carry out controlled switch -off sequences, and ultimately led to a loss of communication with the ship”.

According to SpaceX, the leaks were most likely caused by vibrations, which exceeded what the company expected from tests, “which led to an increased load on the hardware in the drive system”. The automatic demolition system during the flight finally triggered the destruction of the ship after the fires and communication blackout.

This explosion led to a spectacular display over the islands of Turks and Caicos and also led the FAA to deflect a number of flights to avoid danger. SpaceX claims that all starship debris “came down in the planned rubble reaction area”-ART Safe zone that normally negotiates in front of flights with government agencies. The residents published photos of ruins that were washed on beaches, and at least one vehicle was hit, which received minor damage.

SpaceX says that it has made changes to the lines that send fuel to the engines of the starship, optimized the temperature of the driver and add additional ventilation openings and “a new cleaning system” to add the relevant AFT section “Robust on drift leaks” close.