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SpaceX Starship crash-lands after test flight

Video. Rocketship bursts into flames as it tries to land vertically

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Wednesday's 6 1/2-minute test flight was the most ambitious to date. It didn't end as planned, however.

This was the dramatic moment SpaceX's bullet-shaped Starship exploded on landing after a test flight in Texas. 

Entrepreneur Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, hopes the rocketship will begin transporting people to Mars within six years.

Wednesday's 6 1/2-minute test flight was the most ambitious to date. But it ended in a fireball after trying to land vertically.

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