Monday, 24 April 2023

SpaceX celebrated Starship's 1st launch. Some locals called it 'truly terrifying'

SpaceX celebrated Starship's 1st launch. Some locals called it 'truly terrifying'

The world's largest, most powerful rocket caused some serious mayhem during its first launch. SpaceX's massive fully-integrated Starship launch vehicle lifted off from SpaceX's Starbase test facility in Boca Chica, Texas on April 20 at 9:33 a.m. EDT (1333 GMT; 8:33 a.m. local Texas time). Starship then flew for just over four minutes on its first orbital test flight — complete with somersaults — before automated systems initiated a destructive abort procedure and caused the rocket to explode.

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