Friday, 24 March, 2023

SpaceX loses spacecraft during 11th Starship prototype test

<p>SpaceX conducted its fourth high-altitude test flight of &nbsp;Starship prototype spacecraft. The test flight took off from SpaceX&rsquo;s Texas development facility &ndash; which was recently renamed &lsquo;Starbase&rsquo; by CEO Elon Musk. The SN11 prototype, unfortunately, &nbsp;was lost during the descent as reports suggest a large explosion that scattered debris around the landing site. SpaceX&rsquo;s aim is to fly Starship to a 40,000 feet height to execute a &lsquo;belly flop&rsquo; manoeuvre and then bring it back.</p>