SpaceX’s gargantuan, methane-fueled Starship soared 90 miles above Earth on Saturday morning, though it exploded before it could complete its space journey.
Federal officials said no one had reported injuries or public property damage after the test.
Starship, a 400-foot-tall, super-heavy-lift rocket and spacecraft, took off shortly after 7 a.m. local time from SpaceX’s private spaceport in South Texas. For its second major flight test, the rocket survived longer and flew farther than it did in April, showing major engineering improvements over the past seven months.
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