December 9, 2020 11:57 pm GMT
Original Link: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/09/1013698/spacex-flies-starship-prototype-sn8-record-12-5-kilometers-into-the-air/
SpaceXs Starship flew a record 12.5 km into the airand then crashed
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 landingin fact, it exploded on impactits the highest any Starship prototype has flown. Still well short of orbit, though,…Original Link: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/09/1013698/spacex-flies-starship-prototype-sn8-record-12-5-kilometers-into-the-air/
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