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Video-SpaceX prototype rocket planned for space tourism blows up during pressure test

 

A SpaceX rocket exploded this week as it failed a pressure test, The prototype of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket failed to contain its liquid nitrogen during its latest phase of testing on Friday night at the company’s launch site in Boca Chica, Texas.

Footage captured by a Boca Chica resident shows the spaceship, known as SN1, exploding, sending the stainless steel cylinder flying off its stand and crashing.

Streaming video from Boca Chica showed the silo-shaped tank assembly for the prototype known as Starship SN1 wreathed in light and vapour during the test, which was conducted with inert liquid nitrogen.

Initial reports suggested that the tank suffered a structural failure during pressurization. Information about potential injuries or the extent of damage wasn’t immediately available

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