"Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity."

SpaceX CEO Musk has described the explosion of the company’s Starship spacecraft during its seventh flight test Thursday as “barely a bump in the road,” underlining the momentum behind the commercial space giant.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company blasts its first rocket into orbit in a challenge to Elon Musk.