SpaceX’s Starship flew a record 12.5 km into the air—and then crashed
Published Date: 12/9/2020
Source: technologyreview.com
SpaceX today pulled off the first ever high-altitude (well, high-ish) flight of Starship, the rocket the company hopes will one day take humans to the moon and Mars. Although the spacecraft failed to make a safe landing—in fact, it exploded on impact—it’s the highest any Starship prototype has flown. Still well short of orbit, though,…