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Second Starship prototype launch ends in fireball for SpaceX

Second Starship prototype launch ends in fireball for SpaceX Wire reports For the second time in two months, a test flight of SpaceX s Starship, the spacecraft founder Elon Musk intends will one day be sent to Mars, ended in an explosive landing.  The craft flew to an altitude of about 6 miles and then was meant to reorient itself to prepare for a landing. It was meant to look like a controlled belly flop, according to a story in the New York Times.  Instead, when the engines fired to switch back to a vertical orientation, one engine appeared not to property ignite and the prototype hit the ground at an angle, smashing into a fireball and leaving a cloud of smoke rising over the test site in Boca Chica, Texas, the Times reported. 

SpaceX SN9 test launch: FAA to oversee investigation of Mars rocket prototype s explosive landing

SpaceX SN9 test launch: FAA to oversee investigation of Mars rocket prototype s explosive landing CNN 2/3/2021 © from SpaceX The Federal Aviation Administration said it will oversee an investigation into a crash landing of a SpaceX prototype rocket on Tuesday. The announcement comes after the FAA forced SpaceX to delay the launch as it investigated a previous explosion of a similar rocket prototype. The destroyed vehicle, SpaceX s Starship SN9, was an early prototype for a rocket the company hopes will carry the first humans to Mars. Launched in a high-altitude test flight Tuesday, the vehicle traveled a few miles up in the air, hovered for a moment, and then conducted a belly flop-like maneuver on descent before making an explosive landing back on the launch pad.

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