SpaceX Starship Spirals Out Of Control, Launched On 9th Test Flight After Explosions | Videos

The rocket was launched on its ninth demo from SpaceX’s launch site in Texas, Starbase, on Tuesday evening. People across the state even came out to witness the spectacle. However, just minutes later, the 403-foot-long rocket lost control and portion of it exploded.

CEO Elon Musk's SpaceX hoped to release a series of mock satellites following liftoff, but that got nixed because the door failed to open all the way. Then the spacecraft began spinning as it skimmed space toward an uncontrolled landing in the Indian Ocean.

SpaceX later confirmed that the spacecraft experienced “a rapid unscheduled disassembly", or burst apart.