India, March 7 -- Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday lost control of the Starship in space minutes after its launch, with engines shutting down, company live stream showed.

The lift off of mammoth Starship rocket on a test flight Thursday to release mock satellites into space comes nearly two months after a launch attempt ended in explosion, sending flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos.

The launch of the eighth test flight on Thursday saw a successful lift off and stage separation, with SpaceX successfully catching the first-stage booster back at the pad with giant mechanical arms. However, SpaceX lost attitude control of the Starship.

The 403-foot (123-meter) rocket lifted off from Texas just before sunset. As SpaceX caught...