Private Chinese space rocket crashes and explodes after accidental launch during test | South China Morning Post

The Tianlong-3 commercial rocket unexpectedly took off during a static-fire test on June 30 in central China. Video posted on social media appeared to show It flew briefly before crashing in flames in hills near the city of Gongyi in Henan province. The operator Space Pioneer blamed a ‘structural failure’ at the lau…

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