A video shot from a plane that appears to show the moment Elon Musk's Starship rocket exploded is going viral on X. Starship 8, which launched over the Caribbean on Thursday, exploded after what SpaceX described as an "energetic event in the aft (or rear) portion of Starship.

Elon Musk has reacted after his SpaceX rocket exploded shortly after it was launched from Texas on Thursday. "Rockets are hard," the SpaceX founder wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Why It Matters The incident marks the second consecutive failure this year for Musk's Mars rocket program.

SpaceX's Starship has, once again, exploded — and Elon Musk does not seem to be taking that mishap well at all.

During a test flight of Elon Musk's SpaceX spacecraft, the Starship broke apart and was videotaped from people along Florida's east coast.

The latest SpaceX launch of Starship, the largest rocket ever built, has been postponed. The company, which was founded by Elon Musk, was gearing up to again attempt a successful launch of its ...