During descent, the rocket misjudged its landing altitude, leading to an early engine shutdown.
Still vertically oriented, it slammed into the landing site, triggering a fiery explosion.
There are a total of 11 major test verification tasks, Deep Blue Aerospace wrote in its statement.
The rocket had some trouble sticking the landing.Deep Blue Aerospace
In this flight test, 10 of them were successfully completed and 1 was not completed.
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The aftermath of the damage caused by the failed landing attempt. Credit: Deep Blue Aerospace