SpaceX’s Latest Starship Test Ends in Flames: Mock Satellites Lost During High-Altitude Malfunction
In a high-stakes test flight that ended dramatically, SpaceX’s latest Starship prototype reached an altitude of nearly 90 miles before experiencing significant malfunctions, leading to its destruction over the Atlantic. The incident occurred after the spacecraft, designed to one day carry humans to the Moon and Mars, attempted its eighth test flight. From the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border, the Starship soared into the sky aiming to deploy four mock satellites similar …