US company SpaceX has carried out a second test flight of its prototype rocket, being developed to take humans to Mars.
Things were going well until it tried to land.
The Starship SN9 exploded in a roaring ball of flames as it tried to land upright after a test flight in Texas.
The company said the test was an overall success because of the data it was able to collect.
Starship is designed to transport people deeper into space than ever before and possibly take 100 people at a time to Mars.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Chappelle explains.
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Things were going well until it tried to land.
The Starship SN9 exploded in a roaring ball of flames as it tried to land upright after a test flight in Texas.
The company said the test was an overall success because of the data it was able to collect.
Starship is designed to transport people deeper into space than ever before and possibly take 100 people at a time to Mars.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Chappelle explains.
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