SpaceX’s Starship 12 rocket had a successful launch Friday night, before concluding its test run around the Earth with a planned fireball explosion as it splashed down in the Indian Ocean. The rocket’s launch — the largest and most powerful of its kind — took place at around 6:30 p.

SpaceX released its investigations into the destruction of a Starship vehicle during a May 27 flight, and the June explosion of another on the ground.

Elon Musk's SpaceX has successfully launched its Starship V3 rocket, which landed in a planned fiery explosion on Friday.

SpaceX’s Starship megarocket came to a dramatic close, with the spacecraft managing to complete a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

SpaceX’s Starship V3 rocket ended its latest test flight in a huge fireball after splashing down in the Indian Ocean. The 407-foot spacecraft launched successfully from Texas on Friday night and completed nearly an hour in flight before deliberately crashing into the sea inside a designated landing zone.

SpaceX launched its latest Starship test flight from Texas, with the spacecraft completing most mission objectives before exploding in the Indian Ocean after splashdown. View on euronews

The first attempted launch on Thursday was postponed due to a malfunctioning hydraulic pin in the launch tower.

SpaceX's Starship reached it's final destination — the Indian Ocean — despite some engine trouble, before erupting in flames upon impact.