SpaceX said it lost contact with its massive Starship rocket during its highly anticipated test launch on Thursday evening.

SpaceX's eighth flight test of its Starship spacecraft ended with a "rapid unscheduled disassembly," the company said.

A SpaceX rocket exploded shortly after it was launched from Texas on Thursday, grounding flights and triggering warnings about falling spaceship debris. SpaceX confirmed the un-crewed ship had ...