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SpaceX Starship prototype explodes after ‘soft landing’ – NEWS.com.au
SpaceX Starship prototype explodes after ‘soft landing’
The third time was almost the charm for SpaceXs latest flight test.The Elon Musk-headed space company conducted a test flight of its SN10 Starship prototype on Wednesday, and made a soft landing though landing legs appeared to malfunction and a fire appeared to ignite as the vehicle landed.
A few minutes later, the spacecraft exploded on the landing pad.
The test saw the spacecraft fly up more than six miles (9.7km) and conduct a “belly flop” manoeuvre before righting itself to land vertically with…
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