"On a successful day"... Launch of "Starship," the largest and most powerful rocket, on a second experimental flight.

  For the second time in a row, SpaceX launched its "Starship," the largest and most powerful rocket ever. While the upper stage detached from the rocket, it exploded shortly after, yet the vehicle continued on its correct trajectory. A commentator in the live broadcast expressed happiness, stating, "What an amazingly successful day." The company owned by the American billionaire Elon Musk hopes that this project will contribute to the Mars exploration while NASA awaits a modified version of it for human transportation to the moon.

Despite the explosion of the upper stage of the "Starship" rocket launched by SpaceX on Saturday, the company, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, considered the mission successful since the rocket launched successfully from its launch pad.

A SpaceX broadcast showed the explosion of the company's giant "Starship" rocket, designed for trips to the moon and Mars, shortly after its Saturday launch.

One commentator in the official live broadcast of the operation said, "As you can see, the very heavy upper stage just experienced rapid, unplanned disassembly; however, our vehicle is still on course."

The commentator added, "What an amazingly successful day," although SpaceX mentioned that both the "Super Heavy" booster stage with its 33 engines and the "Starship" vehicle mounted on top, which gives the rocket its name, experienced "rapid unplanned disassembly," according to the company.

When both parts of the spacecraft are combined, the rocket's height reaches 121 meters.

The "Super Heavy" booster generates a thrust of 74.3 meganewtons, nearly double the power of the world's second most powerful rocket, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), although the latter is currently operational.

Both systems have been designed to be entirely reusable, a crucial element in SpaceX's design aiming to significantly reduce costs.

The rocket's upper stage that exploded was expected to descend into the Gulf of Mexico shortly after launch, while the upper stage began a partial journey around the Earth, reaching near-orbital speed before planning its landing in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii after 90 minutes.

On April 20, SpaceX deliberately detonated a Starship rocket in the skies of Texas, four minutes after a failed liftoff that witnessed a failure in the rocket's separation and the malfunction of several engines. The resulting fireball caused a cloud of dust kilometers northwest of the launch pad, leading to severe damage and scattering large amounts of debris and concrete pieces.

The launch pad was rebuilt over seven months.

The FAA launched an investigation that concluded in October, giving the green light to the company for a second launch attempt.

"I don't want to raise high expectations"

The regulatory agency conducted an environmental and safety-related inquiry, while many environmental non-governmental organizations expressed their intent to legally pursue SpaceX.

The 120-meter-tall "Starship" consists of two layers: the "Super Heavy" equipped with 33 engines, and on top of it, the space vehicle carrying the rocket's name.

During a first test from the Boca Chica base, both layers failed to separate from the rocket during flight.

Elon Musk stated during an early October press conference that the separation system had been modified, explaining that testing this system would be "the riskiest part" of the second launch attempt.

He warned, saying, "I don't want to raise high expectations."

SpaceX plans to use "Starship" in the long term for trips to Mars. However, before that, the company must deliver a modified version of the rocket to NASA for the agency's moon mission within the "Artemis" program.