Elon Musk's 123-meter space rocket went out of control and exploded in the sky - video footage

SUBSCRIBE TO US! SpaceX's Starship spacecraft exploded minutes after lifting off, dooming an attempt to deploy mock satellites in the second consecutive failure this year for Elon Musk's Mars rocket program. The 123-meter rocket blasted off from Texas a little before sunset. SpaceX caught the first-stage booster back at the pad with giant mechanical arms, but engines on the spacecraft on top started shutting down as it streaked eastward for what was supposed to be a controlled entry over the Indian Ocean, half a world away. Contact was lost with the spacecraft as it went into an out-of-control spin. The failure comes just more than a month after the company's seventh Starship flight also ended in an explosive failure. The back-to-back mishaps occurred in early mission phases that SpaceX has easily surpassed previously, indicating serious setbacks for a program Musk has sought to speed up this year. SpaceX confirmed that the Starship blew up in flight, calling it a "rapid unscheduled disassembly."