SpaceX's Starship has a big failure during a test flight.

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SpaceX's Starship rocket broke apart during a test flight. They believe a fire might have caused the problem.

It seems that fuel leaked and caught fire. This fire would have been too much for the rocket to handle.

The rocket took off from Texas and was supposed to fly around the world. But it lost communication and broke apart over the ocean.

Luckily, no one was hurt, and the pieces fell into the water. SpaceX is looking into what happened and will try again with another rocket.

Space travel is hard, but these tests help us learn. SpaceX and other companies want to use rockets to send people to Mars and the moon.

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What happened to SpaceX's Starship rocket during the test flight?

The rocket broke apart during the test flight.

What caused the rocket to break apart?

They believe a fire caused the problem.

Where did the rocket take off from?

The rocket took off from Texas.

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