SpaceX Starship Mockup Lost During Testing

Credit: Starship explosion: LabPadre
A prototype upper-stage for SpaceX’s Mars-class Starship launch vehicle was destroyed during a maximum pressurization test Nov. 20 at the company’s Boca Chica Beach, Texas, complex. “The purpose of the test was to pressurize systems to the max, so the outcome was not completely unexpected,” SpaceX...

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