SpaceX's booster rocket exploded during testing

The booster rocket, developed for the Starship spacecraft by Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX, had a ground test in Texas on Monday.

The rocket exploded into flames during firing, TRT Haber reports.

This explosion caused a possible setback for Musk's goal of launching Starship into orbit this year.

The moment of the explosion was reflected in the live broadcast of NASA Spaceflight.

After the Super Heavy Booster 7 prototype exploded in the early evening, Elon Musk responded on Twitter:

"Yeah, actually not good. The team is assessing the damage"

Holy moly. Well, that was unexpected!https://t.co/dUUqw7ojRv pic.twitter.com/7IGztPuE12

— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) July 11, 2022

 What is the Starship program?

The Starship program aims to develop vehicles for interplanetary travel of cargo and humans to the moon, Mars and beyond.

SpaceX will try to launch Starship, developed with the support of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA), into orbit for the first time.

Elon Musk, who attended the meeting of the National Academies Space Studies Board online, regarding the flight preparations of Starship, which was developed within the scope of the Moon return project, "We will speed up the test work in December. The risk associated with the first flight is too high, so I cannot say that the probability of success is very high." he said.