SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight before exploding, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper Photo: JOE SKIPPER/REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying the NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences GRACE Follow-On spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., May 22, 2018. NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT/File Photo Photo: NASA/REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying the NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences GRACE Follow-On spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., May 22, 2018. NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT/File Photo Photo: NASA/REUTERS
Rocks and other debris fly around remote cameras as SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop the Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight before exploding near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper Photo: JOE SKIPPER/REUTERS
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight before exploding, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper Photo: JOE SKIPPER/REUTERS
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Go Nakamura REFILE - CORRECTING INFORMATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Photo: GO NAKAMURA/REUTERS
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft, atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket, explodes after its launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Photo: JOE SKIPPER/REUTERS
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft, atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket, spins before exploding after its launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper Photo: JOE SKIPPER/REUTERS
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft, atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket, twists before exploding after its launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper Photo: JOE SKIPPER/REUTERS
Spectators watch as SpaceX’s Starship lifts off from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad on an orbital test mission, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Steve Nesius Photo: STEVE NESIUS/REUTERS
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Gene Blevins Photo: GENE BLEVINS/REUTERS
SpaceX’s Starship lifts off from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad on an orbital test mission, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Steve Nesius Photo: STEVE NESIUS/REUTERS
SpaceX’s Starship lifts off from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad on an orbital test mission, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Steve Nesius Photo: STEVE NESIUS/REUTERS