WATCH: Moment world's most powerful rocket blows up after takeoff. spacex
SpaceX sent its massive Starship up in a monumental test flight before the world's most powerful rocket exploded.
However, just minutes later and awaiting stage separation, it experienced a failure – what SpaceX livestream hosts described as a "rapid unscheduled disassembly." SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket self-destructs after its launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, U.S.
While Starship is designed to be fully reusable, none of the nearly 400-foot-tall rocket will be recovered.
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