The eighth test flight of the US "Starship" failed due to a hardware failure of the "Raptor" engine

The US Federal Aviation Administration said on the 12th local time that the investigation into the eighth test flight accident of SpaceX's "Starship" spacecraft has been completed, and there are no reports of public casualties or damage to public property. The US Federal Aviation Administration accepted the SpaceX-led investigation results. The investigation found that the root cause of the crash of the "Starship" aircraft was a hardware failure of one of the "Raptor" engines. In addition, the US Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed that SpaceX took corrective measures before the ninth "Starship" test flight mission. (CCTV News)