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SpaceX’s Starship test flight loses control 30 minutes after launch

SpaceX’s Starship test flight loses control 30 minutes after launch

BREAKING,

According to the Reuters news agency, SpaceX, the multibillionaire company that runs commercial space flight, SpaceX, lost control of its ninth test flight 30 minutes after the uncrewed rocket vehicle was launched into space from Texas.

After an onboard leak caused uncontrollable spinning in space, the Starship then re-enttered the atmosphere on Wednesday, according to Reuters.

The test flight lost control after going beyond previous failures, according to Reuters.

SpaceX claimed that the Starship went into “rapid unscheduled disassembly” in a social media post.

According to the company, “Success comes from what we learn, and today’s test will help us improve Starship’s reliability as SpaceX tries to make life multiplanetary.”

Musk has spent billions of dollars on the creation of Starship. The billionaire, who was born in South Africa, claims that the initiative is a part of his business space flight company’s Mars colonization strategy.

A SpaceX Starship detonated shortly after takeoff on March 6 for the most recent test launch.

Source: Aljazeera

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