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- SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. Elon Musk’s company was aiming to send the nearly 400-foot (120-meter) Starship rocket on a round-the-world trip from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. It carried no people or satellites.
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Apr 20, 2023 · The most powerful rocket ever built by SpaceX failed to separate its stages and tumbled out of control before blowing up in the sky. The company said it learned a lot from the test flight and will try again in a few months.
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- William Harwood
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Apr 24, 2023 · April 24, 2023 4:13 PM EDT. A beautiful machine came to an ugly end on April 20 when SpaceX’s sleek, silvery, 40-story tall Starship rocket consumed itself in an orange and white fireball...
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Apr 20, 2023 · April 20, 2023, 12:50 p.m. ET. Kenneth Chang. Reporting on spaceflight. Even a completely successful launch would have only set up more test flights. SpaceX’s Starship rocket successfully...
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- James Dobbins
Apr 20, 2023 · After liftoff, SpaceX's Starship exploded in midair on first launch attempt. The most powerful rocket ever constructed is uncrewed. "Starship just experienced what we call a rapid...
Apr 20, 2023 · SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded on Thursday, minutes after lifting off from a launchpad in South Texas. The rocket, the most powerful ever built, did not reach orbit but provided...
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- Kenneth Chang
Apr 20, 2023 · Published 2:29 PM PDT, April 20, 2023. SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight Thursday and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. Elon Musk’s company was aiming to send the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built on a round-the-world trip from the southern tip ...
Nov 18, 2023 · Nov. 18, 2023. SpaceX, Elon Musk's spaceflight company, launched its Starship rocket from the coast of South Texas on Saturday, a mammoth vehicle that could alter the future of space...