The Elon Musk-led SpaceX on Thursday launched its mighty rocket ship - the Starship Super Heavy. While the Starship Super Heavy lifted off from the surface, it failed to make it into orbit. The gigantic rocket successfully blasted off at 8:33 am Central Time (1333 GMT) from Starbase, the private SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas.
They've lost it, going for a spin, but hey, got away from the pad and had some great first stage!https://t.co/npUj2AHByW pic.twitter.com/KbvlbhjYR9
— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) April 20, 2023
The Starship capsule had been scheduled to separate from the first-stage rocket booster three minutes into the uncrewed flight but separation failed to occur and the rocket blew up. Despite the failure to complete the full flight test, SpaceX declared it a success.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2023
"As if the flight test was not exciting enough, Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation," SpaceX tweeted. SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
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