SpaceX's massive Starship rocket explodes after launch during maiden flight
STORY: SpaceX's massive Starship rocket explodes after launch during maiden flight
DATELINE: April 21, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:36
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY
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1. various of the launch
STORYLINE:
SpaceX's giant Starship rocket, the most powerful ever built, exploded after liftoff from the U.S. state of Texas during an inaugural test flight on Thursday morning.
The rocket got off the launch pad in SpaceX's Starbase in Boca Chica, South Texas, but exploded minutes later. The spacecraft failed to reach orbit.
The uncrewed spacecraft was scheduled to have a 90-minute trip around the Earth before a splashdown near Hawaii.
Starship was fully loaded with more than 4500 metric tons (10 million pounds) of propellant before the launch, according to SpaceX.
The launch was the first test flight of SpaceX's fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket.
Starship experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" before stage separation, according to SpaceX.
"Today's test will help us improve S
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