SpaceX launched its Starship SN9 prototype on a test flight of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) that ended with an explosion on February 2, 2021. See photos of the epic test in this gallery.
Above: SpaceX’s 165-foot-high (50-meter) Starship SN9 prototype is at the company’s South Texas site on January 21, 2021.
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