SpaceX ran a high-altitude suborbital flight test of its Starship rocket on Wednesday. In the video above, the rocket launches at the 1:48:17 minute mark, and for a few glorious minutes flies high before attempting a vertical landing back on Earth.
Ouch.
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At the 1:54:58 mark, Starship touches back down in Cameron County, Texas — with explosive force.