SpaceX Starship SN8 explodes after successful high-altitude test flight

SpaceX Starship SN8 explodes after successful high-altitude test flight

Elon Musk's Starship SN8 prototype, reminiscent of something Buck Rogers might have piloted, fell serenely and silently through the Texas sky for almost two minutes on Wednesday. Then its Raptor engines roared to life, righting the rocket into a vertical orientation in preparation for landing, but …

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