#starship prototype

New SpaceX Starship prototype fails withstand pressure, explodes in test

Starship SN1, New SpaceX Starship prototype, has failed to withstand the cryogenic pressure levels of a test at the company’s Texas facility. The culprit? One of the spacecraft’s tanks filled with liquid nitrogen, thus causing an explosion.

SpaceX is developing the Starship SN1, a new prototype of the spacecraft that will one day land on the Red Planet since the end of 2019. The company led…