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SpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes in Mid-Flight
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May 28, 2025
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1:51Now PlayingSpaceX’s colossal Starship rocket suffered a leak, tumbled out of control in space and disintegrated as it hurtled back to Earth during a test flight on Tuesday, the third setback in a row for the Elon Musk-led company.
The launch system, composed of the Starship upper portion and its Super Heavy booster, thundered off the company’s launchpad in South Texas at around 6:36 p.m. local time. As the rocket lifted off, around 1.1 million people tuned in on X.
A few minutes into the flight, the recycled Super Heavy booster separated from the Starship upper portion and fired its engines. But as it maneuvered itself into position and plunged back to Earth, it suffered an apparent problem and exploded, SpaceX commentators said, adding that it was expected to make a hard splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico regardless.
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