The second launch of SpaceX's uncrewed Starship rocket, the largest and most powerful craft on Earth, went farther than the first attempt in April but exploded after about 12 minutes into flight. That's an improvement over the previous Starship test flight, in which several of the spacecraft's engines failed and exploded about four minutes after its launch. Starship test launch, take 2:All about Musk's SpaceX rocketWhat happened to SpaceX's Starship rocket? After losing communication with Starship, SpaceX said at about 11½ minutes into the flight it had had also lost data on Starship and that the rocket was not on the flight path expected. SpaceX also launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit at 12:05 a.m.

Source: CNN November 18, 2023 18:15 UTC