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SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the Boca Chica launch pad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. (Photo/Agencies)
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.
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A live SpaceX webcast of the lift-off shows the rocketship rising from the launch tower into the morning sky near Brownsville, Texas, U.S., April 20, 2023. (Photo/Agencies)
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Spectators watch as SpaceX’s Starship lifts off from the Boca Chica launchpad on an orbital test mission, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S., April 20, 2023. (Photo/Agencies)
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SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket self-destructs after its launch from the Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, U.S., April 20, 2023. (Photo/Agencies)