The upgraded spacecraft completed a key test flight before bursting into flames in the Indian Ocean SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded in a fireball after splashing down in the Indian Ocean on Friday, capping what the company described as a successful test flight of its next-generation spacecraft. The massive rocket lifted off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas at around 6:30pm ET and flew for roughly 66 minutes before the upper-stage Starship reentered the atmosphere, performed its