SN10 achieved an upright landing earlier this month, but then went up in flames about eight minutes after touchdownAn uncrewed SpaceX Starship prototype rocket failed to land safely on Tuesday after a test launch from Boca Chica, Texas, and engineers were investigating, SpaceX said. “We do appear to have lost all the data from the vehicle,” SpaceX engineer John Insprucker said in a webcast video of the rocket’s flight test. A first orbital Starship flight is planned for year’s end. SN10 achieved an upright landing earlier this month, but then went up in flames about eight minutes after touchdown. “Looks like engine 2 had issues on ascent & didn’t reach operating chamber pressure during landing burn, but, in theory, it wasn’t needed,” Musk tweeted on Tuesday, after SN11’s test flight.

Source: The Hindu March 31, 2021 05:32 UTC