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SpaceX Starship SN10 prototype successfully lands before exploding in flames
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship has completed its first vertical landing, only to explode minutes after the successful touchdown.
Key points:
- The test flight was the first high-altitude test flight in the program to land successfully
- Minutes after touching down the spacecraft exploded while sitting on the ground
- Elon Musk hopes the Starship vehicles will one day send people to Mars
The prototype, called SN10, was the third Starship to run a high-altitude flight test, but only the first to stick the landing.
Two other prototypes, the SN8 and SN9, both met fiery ends after crashing into the ground during test flights in recent months.
The launch at Boca Chica, Texas, was streamed live by SpaceX, but its broadcast ended before the explosion.
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