LOS ANGELES, April 20 (Xinhua) -- SpaceX's giant Starship rocket exploded after its launch from the U.S. state of Texas on Thursday morning.
The rocket got off the launch pad in SpaceX's Starbase in South Texas but exploded minutes later. The spacecraft failed to reach orbit.
The launch was the first test flight of SpaceX's fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket.
Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation, according to SpaceX.
"Today's test will help us improve Starship's reliability as SpaceX seeks to make life multi-planetary," the company tweeted.
It was the second launch attempt of Starship after the first attempt was scrapped on Monday due to technical issues. ■