865K views · 6.9K reactions | SpaceX's Starship SN9, an early prototype for a rocket the company hopes will carry the first humans to Mars, exploded on landing during a test flight. It's the second test in a row for SpaceX that's ended in a fiery crash. https://cnn.it/36CtxJk | CNN | Facebook

181K views · 368 shares | Watch a SpaceX Mars prototype rocket nail the landing, but then explode on its landing pad https://cnn.it/30e59u4 | CNN | Facebook

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Tuesday, August 26, launched its giant Starship rocket for a tenth test flight aiming to overcome development setbacks and clinch long-sought technical milestones key to the Mars rocket's reusable design. The towering 403-foot-tall Starship system lifted off around 7:30 PM from SpaceX's Starbase facilities in south Texas on a mission to test the ship's new heat shield tiles and satellite deployment abilities, among hundreds of other upgrades from past iterations. The rocket