SpaceX launched Starship, the world's most powerful rocket, but it exploded a few minutes into the test flight.
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Starship explodes
The Starship capsule was supposed to break away from the first-stage rocket booster about three minutes after launch but the stage separation did not occur.
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Starship launch
Starship took off from the launch pad but experienced what's called "rapid unscheduled disassembly" before stage separation and eventually exploded.
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Analysis
SpaceX said it "will continue to review data and work toward our next flight test" and that the test flight would help "improve Starship's reliability."
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Integrated test flight
Notably, this was the first integrated test flight of the Starship spacecraft and the Super Heavy booster, collectively known as Starship.