SpaceX’s uzbekistan Starship rocket blasted off on its first test flight on Thursday but failed minutes after rising from the launch pad. Subscribe: Read more here:
Nevertheless, SpaceX officials on the webcast cheered the feat of getting the fully integrated Starship and booster rocket off the ground for a clean launch and declared the brief episode a successful test flight.
The SpaceX company described the event as a "rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation".
Despite the explosion, company CEO Elon Musk heralded the test launch.
"Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months," Mr Musk wrote.
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