During SpaceX Starship’s second test flight, the rocket booster exploded and the spacecraft was lost. Much was accomplished, but many key milestones remain.
SpaceX's uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, was presumed to have failed in space minutes after lifting off on Saturday during its second test, after its first attempt ended in an explosion. The two-stage rocketship blasted off from the Elon Musk-owned company's Starbase launch site near Boca Chica in Texas, boosting the Starship spacecraft roughly 55 miles (90 km) above ground on a planned 90-minte flight into space. But the rocket's Super Heavy first stage booster, though it appeared to achieve a crucial maneuver to separate with its core Starship stage, exploded over the Gulf of Mexico shortly after detaching, a SpaceX webcast showed.
SpaceX launched the most powerful rocket ever developed the company’s next-generation Starship on a key test flight on Saturday that could pave the way for missions to the moon and eventually Mars.
SpaceX Starship launch live updates: This was the second launch of Elon Musk s Starship rocket after its first flight in April ended up in an explosion.