SpaceX launched its Starship SN9 prototype on a 10-kilometer (6.2 mile) test flight that ended with an explosion on February 2, 2021. See the photos from the epic test in this gallery.
Above: The 50-meter-high SpaceX Starship SN9 prototype is at the company’s South Texas location on January 21, 2021.
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