A SpaceX Raptor engine of the type used by the company's Starship megarocket exploded during a test firing on Thursday.
An explosion occurred on Thursday at Space X’s test facility in McGregor, Texas, sending flames and a huge plume of smoke into the sky.
Recommended Videos The raptor testing stand at McGregor experienced an anomaly a few moments ago. The vapors from the anomaly caused a secondary explosion on the test stand. Related SpaceX has offered no update on the explosion, and with personnel kept a safe distance from the testing location, there are unlikely to have been any injuries, or worse, as a result of the explosion.
The Starship’s first stage, the Super Heavy, flies with 33 Raptor engines that produce a colossal 17 million pounds of thrust at launch, making it the most powerful rocket ever built — by some margin.
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