SpaceX Launches Giant New Rocket, But Loses It Minutes Into Flight

"We have lost the data from the second stage... we think we may have lost the second stage," SpaceX's livestream host John Insprucker said.

SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, lifted off for a second test flight today, but was presumed to have failed minutes later. SpaceX carried out the second test launch of Starship with the booster and the spaceship exploded after separation, reported news agency AFP. 

The booster successfully separated from the ship, but blew up shortly after, while the ship continued on track. 

The two-stage rocketship blasted off from the Elon Musk-owned company's Starbase launch site near Boca Chica in Texas, on a planned 90-minute flight into space.