SpaceX's Starship: From Space to Destruction

SpaceX successfully launched its second Starship rocket flight, reaching space before intentionally destroying the vehicle mid-flight. The uncrewed test flight lasted over seven minutes and aimed to demonstrate improvements to ground infrastructure and mitigate damage caused by the previous launch attempt. The Starship system, standing at 397 feet tall and powered by liquid oxygen and liquid methane, is designed to be fully reusable and is critical to NASA's plan for lunar missions. SpaceX plans to conduct hundreds of Starship missions before launching with a crew.