The company added, "this in turn led to a loss of attitude control and ultimately ... three minutes after losing contact, the rocket's self-destruct system activated, causing Starship to explode ...

Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) ("Rocket Lab" or "the Company"), a global leader in launch services and space systems, ...