LIVE | Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship explodes after liftoff

Watch our live coverage of the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, SpaceX's Starship, launch. The first shot at a test flight fizzled Monday. SpaceX founder Elon Musk envisions using Starships to send people to the moon and Mars. NASA has already signed up for a Starship to put astronauts on the lunar surface as early as 2025.

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[erikaobernay]

Beautiful horizont ! Wow! Many people Waits the big minute!❤

[HappyNoobody]

So now we entering an era of sugar coating failure as “excitement”? Seems delusionally counterproductive to celebrate failure with cheers. Success test of a RUD?

[TwinkleWorldOrder]

How much pollution do these failures create

[tohka]

that was so awesome!!!🤠everyone did a wonderful job @ SpaceX👍🏻

[mugwuffin]

Remind me how we got to the moon back in 1969.

[michaelwallace]

The flipping Elon tell you something 🤔🤔🤔😷😷😷

[yanikivanov]

So if Musk couldnt get even to space..how coould they get to moooon 50 years ago? I guess people back then where smarter...because they managed to come back to earth...😂...total failure and money waisted

[rogerlombardo]

Keep up the mission, thank you Elon I and many others believe in you

[crocglox]

Learning curve: liquid propaganda might be a problematic fuel source 💩💩💩