The rocket got off the launch pad in SpaceX's Starbase in Boca Chica, South Texas, but exploded minutes later. theSun thesundaily SpaceX Starship Texas spacecraft
The SpaceX Starship explodes after launch for a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023/AFPPix: SpaceX's giant Starship rocket, the most powerful ever built, exploded after liftoff from the US state of Texas during an inaugural test flight on Thursday morning.
Starship was fully loaded with more than 4500 metric tons of propellant before the launch, according to SpaceX.Starship experienced a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” before stage separation, according to SpaceX. “It looks like they got through the first stage of this big monster rocket. That’s a real accomplishment. We’ll get a report on what happened to the second stage, but I’m very encouraged that they’ve gotten along this far,“ Nelson told CNN.
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