SpaceX's 'Starship' rocket prototype explodes during failed vertical landing maneuver

Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 10, 2020

SpaceX's prototype SN8 rocket crashed and exploded on Wednesday evening during a test flight in Texas. The rocket is intended to ferry humans to the moon and Mars one day. A Wednesday test flight of the new SN8 rocket ended disastrously when a momentary engine malfunction caused the rocket to plummet into the ground and explode. "This suborbital flight is designed to test a number of