How SpaceX's Starship V3 Rocket Paved the Way for Private Space Exploration The latest test flight of SpaceX's Starship V3 rocket was an unmitigated success, despite some minor malfunctions.
On Friday, the massive vehicle soared into the sky, carrying a payload of 20 mock satellites and two heat shield scanners, before splashing down in the Indian Ocean and exploding as planned.
This outcome may seem contradictory – "success" followed by an explosion – but it's actually a crucial part of the development process for such a complex project.