SpaceX Starship rocket test ends in another failure: Musk | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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SpaceX chief Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter Tuesday that the latest prototype of the company's Starship rocket series had crashed, after the video feed of its test flight cut out.

In this file photo screengrab made from SpaceX’s live webcast shows the Starship SN10 prototype during the second attmpted test flight of the day at SpaceX’s South Texas test facility near Boca Chica Village in Brownsville, Texas, March 3, 2021. – SpaceX chief Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter March 30, 2021 that the latest prototype of the company’s Starship rocket series had crashed. “At least the crater is in the right place!” he joked.

“Something significant happened shortly after landing burn start. Should know what it was once we can examine the bits later today,” he added. It was the fourth to conduct a test flight attempting to return to the ground for a soft vertical landing.SN8 and SN9, which launched in December and February respectively, crash-landed and exploded, while SN10 successfully landed then blew up a few minutes later during its test on March 3.

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