Second Starship test flight goes badly for SpaceX

SpaceX’s bullet-shaped Starship prototype explodes after crashing (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald/AP)

SpaceX’s second full test flight of its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship ended in another fiery crash landing on Tuesday.

Elon Musk’s company launched its latest Starship prototype from the south-eastern tip of Texas, two months after the previous test ended in an equally explosive belly flop.