SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion

SpaceX caught the first-stage booster back at the pad with giant mechanical arms, but engines on the spacecraft  started shutting down as it streaked eastward for what was supposed to be a controlled entry over the Indian Ocean

SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship lifts off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. Picture: Eric Gay/AP

SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down and broke apart.

The incident happened nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos Islands.