SpaceX Starship launch.... cleared tower, but failed to separate stages

[LadyStanley]

SpaceX scrubs launch of Starship's first integrated test flight from Texas

Liftoff would have marked the first test launch of the company's fully integrated Starship vehicle. The launch will be postponed at least 48 hours.

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Technical issue.

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[LadyStanley]

SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas

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 of Texas, near the Mexican border. The nearly 400-foot (120-meter) Starship carried no people or satellites. SpaceX later said multiple engines on the...

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[LadyStanley]

Starship Flight Test

Starship gave us quite a show during today’s first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Starbase in Texas. At 8:33 a.m. CT...

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Launch about 45 minutes in.

Looks like the 2nd and 1st stages did not separate. From explosion, guessing they self destructed.

 

[JMCx4]

ETA: That big round of applause & cheering at the end was clearly started by the Range Safety Team. Or someone who had a big chunk of change riding on such an outcome.

 

[Seedtype]

How am I going to get my ass to Mars now??