Rocketship bursts into flames as it tries to land vertically after test flight

This was the dramatic moment SpaceX’s bullet-shaped Starship exploded on landing after a test flight in Texas.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, hopes the rocketship will begin transporting people to Mars within six years.

Wednesday’s 6 1/2-minute test flight was the most ambitious to date. But it ended in a fireball after trying to land vertically.