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SpaceX's Super Heavy booster exploded mid-air while descending after a Starship test launch from Texas.
SpaceX's multi-trillion dollar IPO could come flying apart if its Starship rocket does on its upcoming test flight.
The company had a mostly successful first launch of its upgraded Starship V3, which it needs to power its many ambitious goals in the years to come.
The latest test flight featured the upgraded Version 3 configuration of Starship, with improvements to both the Super Heavy booster and the upper-stage spacecraft.
SpaceX launched the newest version of its giant Starship rocket Friday (May 22), from a recently completed second pad at its Starbase manufacturing and test facility in South Texas. Liftoff occurred at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT), sending the massive 408-foot-tall (124-meter) vehicle skyward on its 12th suborbital test flight.