The historic test flight for Elon Musk’s $3billion (£2.4billion) Starship program is now over, after a dramatic explosion during its ascent.
Following the eagerly anticipated lift-off from Boca Chica in Texas, engineers claimed the Starship launch was ‘amazing’ despite its ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ – a fancy term for an explosion.
The super heavy-lift system launched at around 9:30am ET (2.29pm BST), with 33 engines pushing the more than five-million-pound structure into the skies.
But after just three minutes, the rocket