SpaceX launches test rocket, breaks apart before landing
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March 31, 2021
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX chalked up another failed landing Tuesday for its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship, as the prototype Mars rocket broke apart right before touchdown.
A camera on the rocket froze not quite six minutes into the test flight, and dense fog in South Texas obscured views of the ruptured rocket. Other video showed debris raining down and explosions could be heard.
"At least the crater is in the right place!" SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk tweeted.
Musk said "something significant" happened shortly after the engine firings for landing: "Should know what it...
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