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Second SpaceX Starship prototype rocket explodes during landing | South China Morning Post

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SpaceX’s Starship prototype rocket crashed in a fireball as it attempted an upright landing during a test flight on February 2, 2021. It was the second Starship explosion after the previous prototype met a similar fate in December. SpaceX hopes the rocket system will one day carry humans to Mars.

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