Golden Finance News: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States announced on June 12 local time that its investigation into the eighth flight accident of the SpaceX Starship has been fully completed. The investigation results show that the fundamental cause of the Starship aircraft crash this time was a hardware failure of one of the raptor engines. Fortunately, during the accident, there were no reports of public injuries and no damage to public property.
During this investigation, the FAA conducted a rigorous analysis of all the data and circumstances related to the accident. The investigation confirmed that it was the hardware failure of this raptor engine that triggered a series of chain reactions, ultimately leading to the failure of the Starship flight mission. This conclusion has clarified the key direction for the subsequent improvement work.
In addition, the FAA has confirmed that SpaceX actively took corresponding corrective measures before preparing for the Starship’s 9th flight mission. These measures cover multiple aspects such as a comprehensive inspection and upgrade of the engine hardware, as well as the optimization and debugging of the entire flight system, aiming to prevent similar failures from happening again to the greatest extent and ensure the safety and smoothness of subsequent flight missions.
Looking back to the evening of March 6th local time, SpaceX conducted the eighth test flight of its Starship in Texas. After the rocket was launched, the first-stage super-heavy booster was successfully recovered. However, the second-stage spacecraft lost control, lost contact and disintegrated, resulting in the failure of this test flight mission. After the accident, the FAA promptly intervened in the investigation, and at the same time, SpaceX immediately initiated an internal inspection procedure, fully cooperating with the FAA’s work.
The conclusion of this FAA investigation and the recognition of SpaceX’s corrective measures mean that the Starship project has taken another significant step towards resuming flights. Next, as all the preparatory work continues to advance, the aerospace field and the vast number of followers are waiting with anticipation, expecting the Starship’s 9th flight mission to achieve ideal results and write a new chapter in humanity’s journey of exploring space.
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