Elon Musk's $3billion Starship rocket built to take humans to Mars launched into the skies this afternoon on its historic maiden voyage - and blew up.
In what is being framed as a success by the billionaire and his SpaceX team, the 120-metre-tall most powerful space rocket ever developed successfully lifted off from SpaceX Starbase in the US state of Texas.
But while the rocket successfully launched and made it into the air, the booster rocket, Super Heavy, appeared to have failed to separate.
