The ups and downs of Area X’s Starship check flights

SpaceX is planning to hold out its 14th Starship rocket check flight on Monday.

If profitable, it will likely be the primary Starship to go in orbit across the Earth and the furthest one has ever flown.

The mission is about to finish roughly six orbits across the planet over a 10-hour flight.

But because the BBC’s Ricky Boleto experiences, there have been many ups and downs alongside the way in which.