Elon Musk's $3billion Starship designed to take humans to Mars has blown up on its first test launch shortly after takeoff.
The massive rocket, which has 33 main engines took off at 9.28am local time from the southernmost tip of Texas, US, near Boca Chica Beach, in what is being hailed as a success by the Tesla billionaire.
It blew up four minutes after takeoff as the booster tried to separate and fall into the Gulf of Mexico.