BOCHA CHICA, Texas โ SpaceX chalked up another failed landing Tuesday for its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship, as the prototype Mars rocket broke apart right before touchdown.
A camera on the rocket froze not quite six minutes into the test flight, and dense fog in South Texas obscured views of the ruptured rocket.
This was the fourth full-scale stainless steel model to launch since December to an altitude of more than 6 miles (10 kilometers).
โAnother exciting test, as we say,โ SpaceX launch commentator John Insprucker said as he concluded the webcast.
Final view of SN11 in the air:โก๏ธhttps://t.co/Q2p3q1HS0i pic.twitter.com/PNJta9svkA โ Chris B - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) March 30, 2021SpaceX plans to use Starship to send astronauts and cargo to the moon and, ultimately, Mars.