Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes Mid-Air Minutes After Test Launch | 10 News First

Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship, one of the most powerful rockets ever built, has exploded four minutes after its first test launch in South Texas. Despite the dramatic fireball, it's still being hailed as a success, with SpaceX telling the public the test "will help us improve Starship's reliability as SpaceX seeks to make life multi-planetary".

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[gmedeiros]

You kids can save a few bucks with a rocket kit and launch it in the back yard .

[davidrosario]

No idea how your reusing that Rocket.

Success lol 😂

[-Itz_Me_-]

Reporter saying that the thing lights up and leave the Station is the biggest thing and everything else is an icing on the cake. Iam I living in 2023 or 1923 to hear this from a news reporter.

[chriswilcox]

I respect Elon so much what a great human endeavour

[juniorsenna]

Ainda é o início de uma nova era. Parabéns aos todos envolvidos.

[nicolemack]

What was he trying to do break the dome😢

[travatans]

it seems we can't leave, how about those real cheers, sounds like in 10;s of 1000 of people in that control room.

[EmJack_Gaming]

That's why America is the most powerful they are first steppers and got courage to learn from failure
A lots of respect from india 🇮🇳🫡

[danielisaac]

China has their own space station 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[alchemistkingdickinson]

why is everybody so happy the ship blew up? ? i bet that was major loss and humongous let down; what a bummer! glad there were no humans on board!

[thedudebro]

Huge achievement for a 1st trial. Better to have teething issues before manned trips

[foff]

Cheering for a failed mission spending billions that could end world 🌍 hunger ..

[ratratrat]

The only way this thing is going to Mars is if Mars changes it's orbit and comes crashing into the Earth. We are not going to Mars folks.

[davidrash]

What a failure. Musk can't do anything right.😅😅😅😅😅