A new experimental SpaceX starship that blasted into outer space a little while ago has now been confirmed as ‘lost’ by SpaceX.

Here’s the news via CNN:

It’s now been a little over 20 minutes since liftoff — and nearly that long since the Starship spacecraft delivered any data.

“We can confirm that we did lose the ship,” said SpaceX engineer Kate Tice.

Communications manager Dan Huot added: “We obviously need to go through all the data. It’s going to take some time. In the next hours, days — we’re going to figure out exactly what happened, come back, fly the next one, get farther.

“Reminder,” he added. “It’s a test of an experimental vehicle.”

The launch of the new starship was glorious. Below is a short video of the launch and the Mechazilla tower catching the booster rocket:

 
UPDATE: Here’s a new video of Starship debris falling out of the sky:

 
UPDATE: Here’s another video showing the moment the Starship exploded….