JUST IN: SpaceX's Starship rocket blasts off, explodes four minutes into first test flight.
Patrick T. Fallon / AFP - Getty ImagesSpaceX on Thursday tested its next-generation rocket designed for missions to the moon and Mars, ending in an explosion amid cheers from employees who gathered to watch a livestream of the launch.
The rocket — the post powerful ever developed — is set to play a key role in NASA's Artemis program, which plans to put humans on the moon in 2025.
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