Elon Musk’s Starship Rocket Explodes After Take-Off

SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket exploded a few minutes after its take-off from the launch pad in SpaceX’s Starbase in South Texas. The spacecraft failed to reach orbit.

It was the first test launch of SpaceX’s fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket. According to SpaceX, the Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation.

“Today’s test will help us improve Starship’s reliability as SpaceX seeks to make life multi-planetary,” the company tweeted.

Teams will continue to review data and work toward the next flight test, said SpaceX.

“Learnt a lot for next test launch in a few months,” Elon Musk, founder, CEO and Chief Engineer of SpaceX, tweeted.

It was the second launch attempt of Starship after the first attempt was scrapped on Monday owing to technical issues.