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SpaceX Starship 9 exploded over the Indian Ocean after another rough test flight. The rocket is key to Elon Musk’s goal of sending people to Mars.

The massive rocket, the biggest ever built, launched at about 6:36 p.m. from SpaceX’s Starbase site in southern Texas. The nearby village, also called Starbase, recently voted to become a city.

Excitement was high among SpaceX staff and onlookers, especially after the last two tests ended with the upper part of the rocket breaking apart over the Caribbean.

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But problems began early in the flight. The Super Heavy booster, which was supposed to land in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded instead.

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