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SpaceX’s Starship rocket explodes in second test flight after reaching new milestones
SpaceX's Starship, designed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, successfully launched on a repeat test flight from Texas after its first attempt ended in an explosion.
The massive two-part rocket system, consisting of the Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster, took off from the Starbase launch site and aimed to reach space in a planned 90-minute uncrewed flight.
The successful test flight is a significant step towards SpaceX's goal of developing a large spacecraft capable of sending people and cargo to the moon and Mars.
With the “loss” of the Starship last Saturday, SpaceX failed again in its mission to take this powerful rocket to outer space, but it made progress in separating the propellant and the ship during liftoff, a challenge it had had since last April when this process failed and it was forced to detonate the ship. Amid cries of emotion from the controllers and the public, the takeoff of the Starship on its enormous Super Heavy thruster, with 33 Rapto…