Elon Musk's Starship rocket crashed upon landing after a short flight 12.5 kilometers high.
The BBC reports.
The unmanned vehicle, codenamed SN8, was launched from the Boca Chica, Texas base.
It was his first suborbital flight at high altitude.
Musk, who had dampened the enthusiasm about the risk of malfunctions shortly before take-off, said he was satisfied with the experiment. "We have acquired all the data we needed", wrote the entrepreneur on Twitter adding: "Mars, we are coming !!". Once perfected Starship will bring things and people into orbit and, in Musk's plans, will arrive on the Moon and on the red planet.
