斯贝思星际飞船发射前，水淋浴系统测试发生爆炸
在斯贝思星际飞船12号测试发射前夕，SpaceX公司在得克萨斯州发射场进行水淋浴系统测试时发生爆炸。
该系统旨在利用水吸收火箭点火和起飞过程中的热量和能量，其作用是通过喷洒高达35万加仑的水来实现，大部分水在火箭发动机的热量下汽化。
此次爆炸可能与之前发现的系统问题有关，可能影响到5月12日的发射计划。
SpaceX一直秉持“快速失败，快速学习”的理念，爆炸事件是火箭研发过程中常见的现象。
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We’re possibly one week away from witnessing the first flight of the upgraded Starship rocket, and things are heating up at SpaceX’s launch site. Literally. A significant explosive event erupted at SpaceX’s facility in Texas during a test of Starship’s water deluge system on Sunday, according to a video captured by NASA Spaceflight. SpaceX is testing the deluge system ahead of Starship’s 12th test flight, which is currently slated to take place on May 12. During a deluge test today, what seems to be an explosive event was observed in the deluge farm followed by the deluge shutting down. 📸https://t.co/GXLJIx8VoE | @NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/SnCTOvOwYt — StarbaseTracking (@TrackingTheSB) May 3, 2026 The company revealed last week that there were some issues with the deluge system, which uses water to absorb heat and energy from the rocket as it lifts off. Spray it like you mean it A live feed of SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas captured the explosion, as seen outside the deluge farm. In the video, massive amounts of water can be seen shooting upward, while an unidentified object, possibly a gas combustor, was tossed outside the test site. A few moments later, the system appears to shut down.
The incident likely took place during a test of the water deluge system in an effort to resolve some issues ahead of Starship’s upcoming flight. SpaceX released a mini-documentary series on its Starship rocket, titled ‘Test Like You Fly,’ last week, discussing the challenges of developing its fully reusable vehicle. In the first episode of the series, the company revealed that during two static fire attempts of Starship’s B19 booster, the Ground Support Equipment (GSE) of the water deluge system went into an automatic abort. GSE is a massive steel plate installed under Starship’s orbital launch mount to eject a flow of pressurized water upward during the ignition of the rocket.
Sunday’s test of the deluge system may not have gone so smoothly, resulting in the explosive incident at Starbase. It’s not clear yet how the incident will affect Starship’s upcoming test flight. Rocket showers SpaceX famously launched Starship for the first time without a water deluge system in place. The rocket’s inaugural flight, which took place on April 20, 2023, resulted in significant damage to the launch pad as dust and debris from the launch were hurled into surrounding areas.
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