The most recent test flight of a Starship prototype was launched from SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica, Texas, a couple of weeks ago.
SN11 ("Serial No. 11") performed well on its flight to 6.2 miles altitude, but it couldn't stick the landing. A plumbing problem was determined to have caused it to explode in a huge fireball. Debris was all over the beach.
Test flights, so expensive, reveal vital information to the company. Elon Musk tweeted that they've made "hundreds of design improvements across structures, avionics/software & engine."
SN15 will launch next.
(cont'd tomorrow)
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