The high-altitude explosion of one of Elon Musk's SpaceX's supersized Starship rockets last year
TEMPORARILY RIPPED A HOLE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE; Around 4 minutes after liftoff, the rocket's first stage — the large, lower part that contains the main engines — detached from the upper part of the rocket as planned but UNEXPECTEDLY EXPLODED shortly afterward, before it could land back on Earth; Then, another 4 minutes later, the rest of the rocket blew up in a larger
"RAPID UNSCHEDULED DISASSEMBLY"
around 93 miles (150 kilometers) above the ground, when a fire started as the rocket vented liquid oxygen; "RAPID UNSCHEDULED DISASSEMBLY"; The company's founder and CEO Elon Musk later said that the rocket would have made it to orbit if he had done it correctly
