The Federal Aviation Administration said its investigation into a January SpaceX test that ended in an explosion is closed.
Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight ...
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A subsequent investigation determined that violent oscillations caused a propellant leak in the Starship's "attic" — or the gap between the rocket's rear heat shield and its liquid oxygen tank.
In a statement, SpaceX said the Flight 7 explosion was probably caused by a leak in the aft — or rear — section of the vehicle, near a tank that holds super-chilled liquid oxygen, or LOX ...
The Super Heavy booster (left) is seen alongside the Starship spacecraft, or upper stage (right), which is secured in the ...
A similar explosion occurred during Starship Flight 7 on January 16, when a leak near a tank containing liquid oxygen led to a catastrophic breakup over the Turks and Caicos Islands. That incident ...
But the explosion was visible from parts ... occurred in the rear section of the vehicle near a tank containing superchilled liquid oxygen, or a form of rocket propellant. While no property ...