SpaceX's Starship rocket suffers explosive setback during launch attempt.
TL;DR
SpaceX's Starship rocket self-destructed shortly after launch due to boosters failing to separate. The launch was the first integrated flight test of Starship, which is designed to carry up to 100 people on long-duration, interplanetary flights. Despite the failure, SpaceX congratulated the team and said the test would help improve Starship's reliability. Elon Musk tweeted that the next launch would be in a few months.
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