Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down and broke apart.

Starship reached nearly 150 kilometres in altitude before trouble struck and before four mock satellites could be deployed{ai:summary}<p>SpaceX launched a Starship rocket on Thursday, but the test flight ended in failure as the spacecraft lost contact shortly after takeoff and broke apart mid-air. This follows a previous incident where an explosion caused debris to fall in the Turks and Caicos. #technology</p>

Another SpaceX Starship test flight ends in explosion

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