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SpaceX’s Starship rocket prototype explodes during ambitious flight – Business Insider – Business Insider
The roughly 16-story rocket soared tens of thousands of feet above Boca Chica, Texas, but hit the ground sideways and blew up.
Through the south Texas haze on Tuesday, SpaceX pulled off a stunning high-altitude test flight of a Starship rocket prototype. But the vehicle failed to stick its landing.
The roughly 16-story test vehicle, called Starship serial No. 9, met the same fate as its predecessor, SN8: It slammed into the landing pad, resulting in a catastrophic explosion.
SN9 lifted off a pad in Boca Chica, a remote strip of land in southeastern Texas, around 3:25 p.m. ET under the thrust of three truck-size Raptor rocket…
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