Second live missile flight “Starship”, of the SpaceX company, ended with another explosion Tuesday.

The entrepreneur's company, Elon Musk, launched its latest prototype of the <x0 rocket. Starship” in southeastern Texas, two months after the previous test ended in a major explosion.

The steel rocket reached the target height of 10 kilometers, just below the last one. Everything seemed to be going well, while the 50 - foot [50 m] - long rocket fell down and began to descend. But she failed to run in time for a successful landing and crashed into the ground.

“We have yet to work on the realisation of the drop”, SpaceX company engineer John Inspulcker said. “We need to remember that flight was a test”, he added.

Another prototype of the “rocket Starship” was located very close to the starting place in Boca Chica, Texas, during Tuesday's test, which lasted 6.5 minutes.

Elon Musk is developing the “missile. Starship” to send people to Mars, probably after a few years. This is the advanced phase of its space shuttles for travel to the moon and Mars, which are planning to be launched into space with a mega rocket called “Super Heavy” which is in creation.

SpaceX tried to launch the Starship missile last week, but failed to get the necessary approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, prompting a harsh Twitter reaction from Elon Musk.

SpaceX was not in line with security regulations for flying December 9th, a spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday and had to make corrections before continuing with missile launch operations. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Tuesday's flight met all security criteria. However, in another report this agency said it would investigate the causes of the <x0 missile explosion. Starship” to see if improvements are needed in security procedures during tests of this type.