SpaceX’s latest prototype exploded in a massive fireball during a test flight crash landing on Tuesday — meeting a similar fate as a previous test rocket.<br /><br />The steel Starship prototype Serial Number 9 (SN9), went up in flames at the end of an otherwise successful high-altitude test from Boca Chica, Texas. <br /><br />The rocket, which flew as high as as 10 kilometers, or about 32,800 feet altitude, exploded in a massive fireball as it touched down, according to stunning footage of the crash.<br /><br />The explosion was similar to one in December, when the company’s SN8 rocket was destroyed.<br />Both are prototypes being developed by CEO Elon Musk’s space company in the hopes of sending humans on missions to the moon and Mars.
