SpaceX's test flight starship aborted at last second
The first high-altitude test flight of SpaceX's futuristic Starship was aborted at the last second in Texas on Tuesday. SpaceX came close to launching a prototype of the rocketship that company chief Elon Musk is designing to carry people to Mars. The goal was to shoot Starship to an altitude of eight miles (12.5 kilometres) the highest yet and then bring it back to a vertical landing.