SpaceX Starship explodes on landing in latest test of Mars-bound craft

SpaceX Starship explodes on landing in latest test of Mars-bound craft
Anthony Cuthbertson
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SpaceX has performed the latest high-altitude flight test of its Mars-bound Starship spacecraft, resulting in a huge explosion upon landing.
The Starship SN9 prototype launched from SpaceX’s Boca Chica facility in Texas on Tuesday, reaching a height of roughly 10km before belly flopping back to Earth. 
Before reaching the landing pad it performed a complex landing flip manoeuvre but failed to right itself properly and crashed on the landing pad.
A previous attempt to launch and land a Starship prototype in December also resulted in a fiery explosion after a botched landing.

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