The Starship, the most powerful rocket system ever built, was designed to send astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond. Minutes after liftoff, however, the vessel exploded.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk congratulated the SpaceX team for "an exciting test launch" and said on Twitter — the social media platform that he bought for $44 billion — that he had "Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months."

This was the second liftoff attempt of the Starship spacecraft, after a first test flight was aborted on Monday due to an issue with a pressurization valve.


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