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SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lifts off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. Photo: AP/Eric Gay)

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lifts off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. Photo: AP/Eric Gay)

Anthony Cuthbertson

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket exploded 10 minutes into the latest flight test of the biggest rocket ever built.

The 400ft-tall (123-metre) rocket lifted off smoothly from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas on Thursday at 5:30 pm local time (11.30 pm GMT).

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