STARSHIP, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded during its first flight today, but Elon Musk congratulated his SpaceX team on an “exciting” test of the spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
The uncrewed rocket disintegrated minutes after successfully blasting off at 8.33am Central Time from Starbase, the SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas.