SpaceX has performed the latest high-altitude flight test of its Mars-bound Starship spacecraft, resulting in a huge explosion upon landing.

The Starship SN9 prototype launched from SpaceX’s Boca Chica facility in Texas, reaching a height of roughly 10km before belly flopping back to Earth.

Before reaching the landing pad it performed a complex landing flip manoeuvre but failed to right itself properly and crashed on the landing pad.

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