SpaceX's Starship prototype explodes on landing attempt after a test launch at the Texas site. This evening, Elon Musk's rocket prototype was scheduled for launch and the moment it exploded into a fireball was caught on a live YouTube stream of the event.It caught fire during a return-landing attempt on Wednesday, minutes after an apparently uneventful test liftoff from the company's launch facility in Boco Chica, Texas.The Starship rocket destroyed was a 16-story-tall prototype for a heavy-lift launch vehicle.
It is being developed by the private space company, founded by Elon Musk, with the aim to carry humans and 100 tons of cargo on future missions to the moon and Mars.
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