The latest prototype of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket launched successfully but exploded on impact during an attempted landing. Starship prototype Serial Number 9, or SN9, aimed to fly as high as 10 kilometres, or about 32,800 feet altitude. While the rocket flew successfully, it hit the ground explosively on its return, just as the SN8 flight did in December.
Elon Musk’s commercial space venture aims to eventually fly over 100 tonnes of cargo into space on missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.
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