SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday
confirmed that the latest prototype of the company’s Starship rocket had crashed
and that the video feed for the test flight too was lost, reported AFP. AN11, the
concerned spacecraft, began its ascent to a height of 10 kilometres at 13:00 GMT
on Tuesday from the SpaceX facility in southern Texas. The launch experienced
some video issues.

While coming down, however, the
video feed was completely lost.

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“At least the crater is in
the right place!” Musk was quoted by AFP as jokingly saying regarding the
incident.

“Something significant
happened shortly after landing burn start. Should know what it was once we can
examine the bits later today,” he was further quoted as saying.

Announcer John Insprucker informed
that video connection was lost at T plus five minutes 49 seconds, which
indicates the amount of time spent after lift-off.

The 11th prototype of
the Starship, SN11 is expected by Tesla to carry manned missions to moon and Mars
in the future.

The rocket is the fourth in a
series, with three previously having exploded while or after descending to the
surface.

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SN8 and SN9 crash landed while
attempting to descend vertically, while SN10 managed to land yet exploded a few
minutes later.

Reportedly, the ultimate goal for
SpaceX is to attach a super heavy rocket to the Starship, creating a fully
reusable system, which would stand at 394 feet and would be able to carry a
weight of 100 metric tonnes into Earth’s orbit, turning it into the most
powerful launch vehicle to be developed.